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There's no way that Apple could enforce this or even confidently guarantee that they have a carbon-free product, global supply chains are just too complicated.
by kiliantics 4y ago
There's no way that Apple could enforce this or even confidently guarantee that they have a carbon-free product, global supply chains are just too complicated. Can they even guarantee that there is no slave labour at any point in the production?
There is a great article, focused primarily on the clothing industry, that shows that most companies just can't know the details anymore, even when they try to:
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-myth-of-the-ethical-shopper/ https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-myth-of-...
And this has to do with dynamics that are bigger than any one company. All these countries that we outsource our labour or resource extraction to are encouraged with trade deals and international debt to operate in certain ways that benefit the West and lead to inequitable and unenvironmental practices. That, or the US just outright intervenes in their governance and invades them or funds anti-democratic coups.