Question: Recently gadgets manufacturing company Apple has announced target of becoming carbon neutral. What is the target year fixed for it?
(a)2035
(b)2030
(c)2028
(d)2025
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- US based Apple has announced it’s firm to become carbon neutral across its entire business and manufacturing supply chain by 2030.
- This will make its devices having “zero climate impact” at point of sale. It will be 100% renewable for Apple.
- It follows climate-focused pledges by other technology giants.
- Amazon too eyes 2040 as target to go carbon neutral, reflecting the challenges it faces in converting its home-delivery vehicles to more eco-friendly energy sources.
- The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change’s target for net-zero carbon-dioxide emissions is the year 2050. This is necessary to limit global warming.
- Under this plan, Apple will invest in new eco-friendly projects as well as the purchase of green energy offsets.
- Other efforts announced:
- In the 10-year roadmap planned by Apple, it include the use of a new robot named Dave.
- It will be used to recover materials from the vibrating Taptic Engine of devices returned for recycling.
- It has also announced the increased use of recycled raw materials in its own products and new solar-panel projects in Scandinavia, to power its own data centres.
- It will also work on eco-friendly energy projects to benefit local communities.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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