Apple reaffirmed its dedication to the Paris Agreement on local weather change with a senior firm official telling the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, that the iPhone maker may proceed to revenue whereas being environmentally accountable.
“The air we breathe and the planet we leave to our children doesn’t belong to any one party, it doesn’t belong to any one ideology — it belongs to all of us, and governments should be the allies in our work,” Lisa Jackson, Apple’s head of surroundings, coverage and social initiatives, instructed an area stuffed with tech leaders. “At Apple we supported and we continue to support the Paris climate agreement.”
Apple’s Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson speaks in the course of the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Jackson, who ran the US Environmental Protection Agency below President Barack Obama, described watching the rollback of US environmental protections and safeguards that have been put into place just some years in the past. In June 2017, President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris accord, which was designed to scale back carbon emissions and signed by practically 200 international locations.
Jackson did not point out Trump however used the chance to says preventing local weather change wasn’t unhealthy for enterprise.
“There is no conflict between a healthy planet and a healthy bottom line,” Jackson mentioned. “It’s a false choice and one each one of us must reject.”
It’s uncommon for Apple executives to take the stage at huge European tech conferences. This month, nevertheless, two have performed so in as many weeks. Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at a privateness convention in Brussels on the finish of October. Cook described a world through which customers have a elementary proper to privateness.
Cook and Jackson’s outspokenness underscores Apple’s efforts to take part as discussions about regulation and the influence of US tech companies in Europe warmth up.
Jackson reminded the viewers of Apple’s achievements with regard to the surroundings. She cited the corporate’s use of 100 p.c clear power in any respect its amenities, the recycled aluminum strategies used to construct its latest MacBook, its funding in clear power in China and its pledge to attempt to change its whole provide chain on renewable power.
“With the right dedication, with your innovation we can protect the plant and invest in our future all while running a successful business,” mentioned Jackson. “We can do well by doing good.”
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