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APPLE Apple has made sustainability a core part of its business , with initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon footprint , using renewable energy , and increasing use of recycled materials . Approximately 20 % of the materials used Apple ’ s products are made from recycled content , and by 2030 , the company aims to be carbon neutral .
Since 2008 , the company says it has reduced the average energy use of its products by 70 %, and in 2021 doubled the amount of recycled tungsten , rare earth elements and cobalt in its products .
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The world ’ s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy , Amazon has set ambitious sustainability goals , including reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 and using 100 % renewable energy by 2025 – five years ahead of the company ’ s original target of 2030 .
The company is also investing in sustainable technologies and practices to reduce waste and conserve resources . AWS enables customers to build sustainability solutions ranging from carbon tracking to energy conservation to waste reduction , using AWS services to ingest , analyse , and manage sustainability data .
32 October 2023