According to Reuters, in 2020 Apple pledged to reduce carbon emissions to zero in all its business activities by 2030 and now, the company requires supply partners to disclose carbon neutrality goals, as well as their progress in this regard on an annual basis.

Over 200 suppliers, including Corning and TSMC, agreed to use clean power exclusively when it comes to manufacturing Apple products.

CEO Tim Cook said that "we're determined to be a ripple in the pond that creates a bigger change."

The company's investments in Europe will focus on reducing around 22% of its carbon emissions coming from how customers charge their Apple devices.

This means that renewable projects on the continent are aimed at powering iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and more, with low-carbon energy.

This comes hand in hand with the company's new Clean Energy Charging feature, which is aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of battery-powered devices from the company.

Introduced with iOS 16.1, the new feature is region dependent and some countries, such as Romania, don't have access to it yet, although this may change with Apple's future plans.

The Cupertino tech giant's investments are said to bring 3.000 gigawatts of clean power per year to the grid.