Nakulokhu i-Apple inikeza izindaba ezingahlobene ngqo nobuchwepheshe. Ngalesi sikhathi sibuya ukuzobheka udaba lwezemvelo ngaphakathi enkampanini. I-Apple ifuna ukuba yinkampani yokuqala engakhiphi noma iyiphi ikhabhoni ngo-2030 futhi ngalokhu kufanele ihloniphe ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ahlanzekile. Kungakho ukunamathela kwayo ku- I-Alliance for Water Stewardship (umfelandawonye Wokuphathwa Kwamanzi).
Ubambiswano phakathi kwe-Apple ne I-Alliance for Water Stewardship kusekelwe ku-Apple's "Water Water Project", ebihlela ukonga ingqikithi yamamitha ayi-cubic metres ayi-156,3 wemithombo yamanzi angenasawoti ngo-2020, futhi iyingxenye yomgomo we-Apple wokufeza Ukungathathi hlangothi kwe-carbon okungu-100% ngaso sonke isikhathi.
I-Apple ifuna ukuba yinkampani Iyahlonipha imvelo, hhayi ngokusakazwa kuphela kodwa ngamaqiniso. Akukhona nje ukuthi ayithathi hlangothi i-carbon njengamanje, ifuna ukuyisusa ngokuphelele ngo-2030. Futhi ine imifelandawonye nezinye izinhlangano ezisiza lezi zinhloso.
I-Alliance for Water Stewardship yasungulwa ngomqondo wokusungula i- ukuvikeleka kwamanzi lokho kwenza abantu, amasiko, amabhizinisi kanye nemvelo kuchume, manje nasesikhathini esizayo. Lo mfelandawonye wenziwa yizinkampani, ama-NGO kanye nomkhakha kahulumeni, ukuze kuzuzwe ukusimama kwemithombo yamanzi endawo ngokwamukela nokukhuthaza uhlaka jikelele lokusetshenziswa kwamanzi okusimeme.
Yilapho i-Apple ingena khona, ingenye yalezi zinkampani ezifaka isandla kulokho. Inkampani yaseCalifornia kanye nomfelandawonye bazoqhubeka nokutshala imali ezimbonini zaseChina nasemhlabeni jikelele. Ngonyaka odlule, inani lozakwethu be-Apple chain abathole izitifiketi ze-Alliance for Water Stewardship lenyuke lisuka ku-5 laya ku-13.
Inhlangano iqinisekisa ukunikezwa kwamaketanga e-Apple ngokuhlola okuphelele ngumcwaningi mabhuku ozimele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ayahlangabezana yini namazinga omfelandawonye wokuphathwa kwamanzi ngendlela efanele. XuShenzhen, Umqondisi Wephrojekthi ye-Asia-Pacific, Alliance for Water Stewardship:
Kuyasijabulisa ukubona izinkampani eziningi ngokwengeziwe kuhlelo lokuhlinzekwa ngabakwa-Apple zibamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwethu lwezitifiketi, olukhombisa umthelela namandla wokubambisana kwethu ne-Apple ukukhuthaza ukuphathwa kwamanzi okusezingeni lomhlaba. Ukuphathwa kwamanzi kweqiniso kudinga ukusebenzisana nobuholi. I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuzikhulisela yona nezinkampani ezikuyo, ibeka isibonelo kuyo yonke imboni.
