Apple CEO Tim Cook will soon join the Council for Sustainable Urbanization. This group formed by the Paulson Institute and the Chinese Center for International Economic Exchanges in order to deflect the environmental impact of urban growth in China.
Tim Cook stated that Apple would be committed to conducting all of its global operations using 100% renewable energy in addition to reduce emissions as much as possible throughout the entire supply chain. In addition, he also said that they would help in any way possible to carry out the "green regeneration" of China to achieve its climate goals.
The Council is made up of 17 Chinese business leaders and from the US In addition to Tim Cook, some other prominent figures would be the president of the multinational Alibaba, Jack Ma Yun, there would also be Andrew Liveris, head of Dow Chemical and Virginia Rometty, executive director of IBM.
The main objective of this committee is to create a great impact through innovative practices in environmental control, that is, with direct actions by companies and the government in support of more effective government policies in this task.
The second annual meeting will be held in Beijing on October 22, where it will talk about "clean" technologies and ways to achieve goals that partner companies will have to achieve to meet a lower carbon emissions standard if possible.
While this is happening, Apple has already stated many times that all its data centers and operations buildings The main ones run on energy that is respectful of the environment, although their Chinese suppliers are still dependent on coal, a non-renewable source that contributes to global warming and pollution. Even Foxconn, one of the largest companies in China, is embracing solar as an alternative to non-renewable ones.