Latest Report
In our current report, you’ll find more detailed information about our efforts, how we measure the overall effect we have on the environment, and the progress we’ve made over the last year.
Measuring performance. One product at a time.
Our comprehensive Product Environmental Reports describe each device’s performance as measured against three environmental priorities.
Climate Change
How each phase of the device’s life cycle contributes to its total carbon footprint.
Resources
How efficient we are with materials and how we can recover resources at the end of a device’s life.
Safer Materials
Which toxic substances we keep out of our devices or the process of making a device.
Product Environmental Reports
Environmental Reports Archive
- November
- iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (PDF)
- April
- Apple Watch (PDF)
- Progress Report
- 2015 Progress Report (PDF)
- October
- 21.5-inch iMac (PDF)
- 27-inch iMac (PDF)
- Mac mini (PDF)
- MacBook Pro with 13-inch Retina display (PDF)
- Mac mini with OS X Server (PDF)
- iPad (4th generation) (PDF)
- iPad mini (PDF)
- September
- iPhone 4s (PDF)
- iPod nano (PDF)
- iPod shuffle (PDF)
- Progress Report
- 2012 Progress Report (PDF)
- September
- Apple TV (PDF)
- iPod nano (PDF)
- iPod shuffle (PDF)
- Progress Report
- 2010 Progress Report (PDF)
- October
- MacBook (PDF)
- Progress Report
- 2009 Progress Report (PDF)
- Progress Report
- 2008 Progress Report (PDF)
Additional Reports and Resources
Supplier Responsibility
We hold ourselves and our supply chain partners to high standards for upholding labor and human rights protections, maintaining effective health, safety, and environmental practices, and sourcing materials responsibly. Our Supplier Responsibility site details the advancements we made in 2016 throughout our supply chain.
Reuse and Recycling
Apple Renew is a global program that lets you responsibly recycle your old computers, displays, phones, and other devices at an Apple Store and on our recycling site. Apple operates or participates in recycling programs in 99 percent of the countries where we sell our products.
Visit the Apple Recycling site
Liam is a line of robots capable of recovering high-quality materials from 2.4 million iPhone 6 devices per year, reducing the need to mine more resources from the earth. Liam is an experiment in recycling technology, and we hope it will inspire others.
Responsible Paper Use
We’re reducing our paper impact by using paper more efficiently, sourcing it responsibly, and protecting or creating sustainable working forests.
Read our white paper on Apple’s paper and packaging strategy (PDF)
When we use virgin paper in our packaging, Apple requires our suppliers to source it from sustainably managed forests or controlled wood sources.
Verification of Apple’s Environmental Impact
Apple obtains third-party verification of its environmental footprint by two entities: Bureau Veritas and the Fraunhofer Institute. Bureau Veritas verifies scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, as well as energy use, waste, and water impacts for our data centers, offices, and retail stores worldwide. The Fraunhofer Institute verifies the scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions associated with our products and calculated using life cycle assessment.
Safer Materials
Apple requires its suppliers to follow the rigorous standards set in our Regulated Substances Specification, which outlines Apple’s global restrictions on the use of certain chemical substances or materials in Apple’s products, accessories, manufacturing processes, and packaging.