Apple’s new Environmental Responsibility Report

From the Apple’s Environmental Responsibility Report, released yesterday:

As of January 2016, we’re sourcing or generating enough renewable energy to cover 93 percent of the electricity we use at our facilities worldwide. In fact, Apple is now 100 percent renewable in 23 countries, including China, Germany, Singapore, and the United States. We’re also 100 percent renewable at every one of our data centers.

That’s remarkable.

In 2015, we diverted more than 89 million pounds of e-waste from landfills.

And:

Last year, over 99 percent of our product packaging came from paper that was recycled or sourced from sustainably managed forests.

And:

We discovered that changing how we make the aluminum enclosure could lower our carbon footprint. We prioritized aluminum that was smelted using hydroelectricity rather than fossil fuels. And we reengineered our manufacturing process to reincorporate the scrap aluminum. As a result, we cut the carbon footprint associated with the aluminum enclosure of iPhone 6s in half compared with the previous generation.

There are a ton of these nuggets. Amazing priorities for any company, let alone one of the largest on the planet. Great leadership.