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Apple last year said it meets all of its needs with renewable energy<\/a> such as solar farms<\/a> that power data centers. But a large part of its carbon footprint<\/a> comes from its supply chain, and since 2015 Apple has worked directly with those companies to use clean energy for Apple production.
Forty-four companies are now in the program, Apple said on Thursday, including Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, whose Foxconn unit makes iPhones, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, which supplies the A-series chips that power all of Apple's mobile devices<\/a>. Apple had previously disclosed 23 suppliers in the program.
The company defines clean energy as coming from wind, solar or bio-gas fuel cells, as well as what it calls \"low-impact\" hydroelectric projects like a site in Oregon that captures energy from water in irrigation canals to power one of its data centers.
Apple did not specify where the new suppliers in the program would get the clean energy. It encourages suppliers to build their own renewable energy projects, such as when iPad assembler Compal last year built rooftop solar installations on its factories in China<\/a>.
When those options are not available, Apple says it aims to have suppliers sign power-purchase agreements with new renewable energy projects and using purchases of renewable energy credits only when there are no other options.
In an interview, Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, said the company is also on track to pass its goal of adding 4 gigawatts of renewable energy to the grids of its supply chain by 2020 and has a \"sight line\" to \"well over\" 5 gigawatts.
Jackson declined to say whether Apple would drop suppliers such as Foxconn and TSMC - whose capabilities few others in the global electronics supply chain can match - if they fail to meet their commitments to the program.
\"It took a while for them to come on board, and so we believe that now that they have, they're fully committed to doing it,\" Jackson said. \"And obviously if they fall down on the job, we'll be right there on their chase. I can't tell you what will happen, but I hope it never does.\"
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苹果去年表示,满足所有的需求可再生能源如太阳能电站电力数据中心。但是一个大的一部分碳足迹来自其供应链,自2015年以来,苹果曾直接与这些公司使用清洁能源为苹果生产。
44公司现在在程序中,苹果公司周四表示,包括鸿海精密工业有限公司、富士康的单位让iphone,台湾半导体制造有限公司,供应的a系列芯片所有苹果的移动设备。苹果此前披露23供应商的计划。
公司将清洁能源定义为来自风能、太阳能和沼气燃料电池,以及所谓的“绿色环保”水电项目,比如一个网站在俄勒冈州,抓住能源从灌溉水渠的水其数据中心之一。
苹果并未指定新的供应商的程序会得到清洁能源。它鼓励供应商建立自己的可再生能源项目,例如当iPad汇编仁宝去年建造屋顶太阳能安装的工厂中国。
当这些选项不可用,苹果公司称它的目标是拥有新的可再生能源项目的供应商签署购电协议购买和使用可再生能源的学分只有当没有其他选择。
在一次采访中,莉萨·杰克逊(Lisa Jackson),苹果公司的副总裁环境、政策和社会行动,表示,该公司也有望通过添加4兆瓦的可再生能源的目标到2020年其供应链的网格,有“视线”“超过”5兆瓦。
杰克逊拒绝透露苹果是否会降低供应商富士康、台积电等的其他一些功能在全球电子产品供应链可以匹配——如果他们不符合承诺项目。
“他们花了一段时间,所以我们现在相信他们,他们是完全致力于这样做,”杰克逊说。”很明显,如果他们跌倒在工作中,我们将在这里追逐。我不能告诉你将会发生什么,但我希望没有。”
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