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Page 3 Page 5 Page 16 Page 28 Page 32 Page 36 Page 41 Page 47 Page 57 Environmental Responsibility at Apple Climate Change Resources Safer Materials Better Together Appendix A Apple’s Operations: Environmental Data • Facilities Environmental Key Performance Indicators • Scopes 1 and 2 Building Carbon Emissions • FY2016 Natural Gas and Electricity Use Appendix B Data Center Energy Supplement Appendix C Assurance and Review Statements • Corporate energy, carbon, waste and water data • Product life cycle carbon footprint • Fiber footprint Appendix D Environmental Health and Safety Policy Statement Environmental Responsibility Report | 2017 Progress Report, Covering FY2016 2
Environmental Responsibility at Apple To ask less of the planet, we’re asking more of ourselves. Can we power a global business with the sun, wind, and water? Can we get 100 percent of our supply chain to move to 100 percent renewable energy? Can we one day stop mining the earth altogether? Can we use only 100 percent recycled and responsibly sourced paper in our packaging? Can we improve on the world’s best materials? Our work is led by Lisa Jackson, Apple’s Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook. The Office of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives works with teams across Apple to set strategy, engage stakeholders, and communicate progress. Our integrated approach means that decisions about Apple values, including environment, are reviewed and supported at the highest levels of the company. That’s Apple: asking bold questions, tackling big problems, and relentlessly innovating to solve them. The approach also lies at the heart of our global environmental strategy—driving us to make not just the best products in the world, but the best products for the world. Apple’s 2017 Environmental Responsibility Report, covering fiscal year 2016, is our tenth annual update. It highlights the ambitions we have set for ourselves and our progress toward meeting them. We remain focused on three priorities through which we—and our stakeholders—believe Apple can make the biggest difference: • Reduce our impact on climate change by using renewable energy sources and driving energy efficiency in our products and facilities. • Conserve precious resources so we all can thrive. • Pioneer the use of safer materials in our products and processes. We still have a long way to go and a lot to learn. But we’re making tremendous progress. In 2016, 96 percent of the electricity used at our global facilities came from renewable energy, reducing our carbon emissions by nearly 585,000 metric tons. We’re 100 percent renewable in 24 countries—and all of Apple’s data centers. Environmental Responsibility Report | 2017 Progress Report, Covering FY2016 3
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Page 31 and 32: Eliminating Toxins The worst toxins
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Appendix D Environmental Health and
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