Apple's Sustainable Forests Supplies Enough for Product Packaging Apple recently announced that its 320,000 acres of forest in mainland China have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Therefore, these sustainable forests not only maintain the local ecosystem and environment but also provide sufficient raw materials for all Apple product packaging. Apple's forest conservation program, launched in 2015 in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), aims to gradually convert over one million acres of forest land in southern provinces of mainland China into sustainable forests by 2020. Apple's first goal in this program was to increase the area of \u200b\u200bprotected and FSC-certified forests to over 300,000 acres through sustainable management, a goal successfully achieved within two years. Apple attributed this rapid and successful achievement to its partnerships with two major paper manufacturers in Hunan and Guangxi provinces, as well as WWF. WWF assisted these two companies in establishing sustainable forest management system plans and trained their employees to identify forests of high conservation value; these are two of the most important core concepts required for FSC certification. Apple stated that it continues to consider how to make its packaging smaller, develop more efficient paper-using technologies, and use recycled paper whenever possible. In 2016, Apple used 131,000 metric tons of fiber, of which 62% was recycled and 38% came from new material from sustainably managed forests. According to Apple's 2017 Environmental Responsibility Report, less than 1% of its fiber sources did not comply with its corporate sourcing standards for sustainable fibers. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) recently launched a supply chain platform to encourage cooperation and transparency among companies and their value chains. The environmental, economic, and social risks of deforestation mostly occur at the upstream supplier stage of the value chain. According to CDP statistics, deforestation contributes as much as 10-15% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 25% of companies that disclosed their CDP report had revenue sources closely linked to four commodities contributing to deforestation: cattle, timber, palm oil, and soybeans. Therefore, the CDP urges companies to address the risks associated with deforestation. After all, approximately $906 billion in global revenue could be affected by deforestation risks annually. Source: Environmental Leader (July 28, 2017) (Compiled by PIDC)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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