9to5Mac writes that 320 of Apple's suppliers, representing 95% of the company's direct acquisitions, made the transition to clean power sources. The Cupertino company has been running all of its operations on renewable electricity since 2018.

One of Apple's biggest challenges is switching manufacturing plants in China to clean power, as those are still mainly reliant on polluting coal for electricity, while the company also seeks to match 100% of the energy used to charge the customers' devices from sustainable sources.

As per Apple officials, "electricity — both to manufacture Apple products and to charge and power them — makes up the largest portion of Apple’s comprehensive carbon footprint. As part of Apple 2030, the company has called on its global suppliers to use clean electricity and become carbon neutral across all their Apple-related operations."

"Over 320 suppliers — representing 95 percent of Apple’s direct manufacturing spend — have led the way in the transition so far, resulting in 16.5 gigawatts of renewable energy online in Apple’s supply chain today. This generated over 25.5 million megawatt-hours of clean energy across the supply chain last year, avoiding over 18.5 million metric tons of carbon emissions."

Another goal of Apple is to reduce the use of water used in manufacturing, while replenishing the freshwater used so far.

"As with clean energy, Apple has extended its commitment to clean water across the entire supply chain: Together, Apple suppliers saved over 12 billion gallons of fresh water last year, for a total of 76 billion gallons in water savings since the company launched its Supplier Clean Water Program in 2013", company officials added.