There has been much debate about the carbon footprint that is being left behind by very large corporations. Therefore, new regulations have been put into place by governments around the world to force companies to clean up their act and make more of an effort to be friendly to the environment. One of the companies that has been leading the way in terms of going green is Apple. The largest company in the world recently made a very big announcement concerning the way that the company uses power on a global scale. Apple has officially announced that the company is powering itself completely by using only renewable energy.
This has been a goal that Apple has been striving to reach for quite a while now. They announced in 2016 that they had reached a 92% usage of renewable energy. The company is hoping that other very large companies that do business in many countries will follow their lead and make it a priority to protect the environment by looking for better ways to get the power they need. There are still many companies that try to get around government regulations regarding their energy usage. Apple hopes that it will show other companies that you can still be profitable and use renewable energy at the same time.
One of the most difficult tasks for Apple is to use clean energy exclusively in all of their factories and retail stores. This is a challenge in places like China where Apple does most of its manufacturing. There are many places in China that simply do not have any access to clean energy. However, Apple is using electricity that is created by solar energy and wind turbines in many of the countries where it does business. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the issue of green energy is one of the top priorities of the company as a whole. He says that it is Apple’s responsibility when it comes to leading the corporate world down the path of using renewable energy.
Every single data center that is currently operated by Apple has been completely powered by renewable energy since 2014. The company is very proud of this fact. However, Tim Cook has said there is still a great deal of work to be done. He said the company is always looking for ways that it can protect the environment and get power from cleaner sources.
