Apple

By- Zack Koger

Introduction

● Apple was founded on April 1, 1976.

● The two co-founders were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
● They both dropped out of college to pursue their dream.
● Ronald Wayne also got involved early, but sold all 10
percent of his shares for 500 a holding 12 days later.
Vision

The Apple founders wanted

to change the way people
viewed computers. They
wanted to make computers
small enough to fit in
peoples homes.
How it Started

Jobs and Wozniak first met when

they were teenagers. The two of
them grew up working in Steve
Job’s bedroom in Cupertino,
California. Steve Wozniak was the
brains behind Apple, and Steve
Jobs was the salesman.
Over the years and Now

In addition to making computers, Apple started to make the

iPod. The iPod was a portable device you could listen to
music on. In 2007, Apple changed the phone game making
the iPhone 1st gen. This paved the way for future
smartphones. Currently apple is in the Dow Jones with their
stock being worth $120.08 a share. They have a net worth of
$2 trillion.
CRS 1- Renewable Energy
● In 2018, Apple achieved 100% renewable electricity for all operations.
● Apple has operations in 34 countries, and it’s sourcing renewable energy and
2/3 of it come from apple projects.
● The company has saved 41.5 kilowatt- hours through energy efficiency.
● They did this by using renewable energy such as solar, wind, biofuels, and low
impact hydro projects.
● They did this to reduce their carbon footprint.
CSR 2- Recycling

● Apple has reduced their use of plastic by 48%.

● In 111 products, Apple is using 100% recycled tin in the solder on main logic
boards.
● In 2018, they launched their Macbook Air and Mac Mini with 100% recycled
aluminum enclosures.
● This helped cut their carbon footprint of the devices by around half.
● Recycling is practiced worldwide by Apple.
CSR 3- Reducing Carbon Footprint
● Manufacturing makes up 74% of Apple’s carbon footprint.
● The electricity used to make products is the largest source of the emissions.
● In 2015, Apple introduced their Supplier Clean Energy Program worldwide.
● This has dramatically decreased their emissions into the environment.
● In 2018, the company investing in 1.9 gigawatts of clean energy which
generated 4.1 billion kWh.
CSR 4- Investing in Communities
● Apple is investing in poor and marginalized communities through projects to
empower the poor.
● They have also remained apart of the ConnectED initiative right since 2014.
● They have also pledged $100 million of teaching and learning solutions to
114 underserved school across the United States.
● In addition, they have invested in socially beneficial projects including
preventive healthcare and high quality education to places all around the
world.
Source
https://notesmatic.com/2019/05/apple-csr-and-sustainability/