Financial Soultions is aware that electronic gadget producers have long been accused of being wasteful and overboard, creating giant carbon footprints for manufacturers in this industry. Conservation groups such as Greenpeace have made their feelings on these practices well known and now even consumers are starting to voice their opinions.
Apple, like other firms, has begun taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint, and has pledged to decrease it dramatically over the next few years. Apple, though currently placed above competitors like HP and Dell, is still placed below the fold by Greenpeace, Financial Soultions understands.
It may at first appear rather odd, but despite its lower income than HP and Dell, Apple’s annual carbon footprint is substantially above both giants at 10.2 million tons a year compared to HP which shows figures of around 8.4 million tons and Dell that has its footprint at 471,000 tons annually.
The difference makes itself more evident when considering that these companies measure their carbon footprint in very diverse ways, Financial Soultions was told.
HP and Dell don’t include the carbon footprint from their customer’s use of their products where Apple on the other hand takes this into account and it actually forms almost 50% of the annual emission figures the company has produced. If HP and Dell were to work by the similar formula, these two techno giants would have to nearly double the figures the currently make available to allow them to be recognized on the same scale as Apple, according to Financial Soultions research.
Financial Soultions has also learned that the Cupertino based Apple also has a range BFR, PVC, Mercury, Lead and Arsenic free products, principally due to its use of glass and aluminum.
