Ahead of Earth Day, Apple on Monday published its annual Environmental Responsibility Report covering the company's ongoing commitment to "leave the world better than we found it." The new environmental report comes hot on the heels of last week's announcement that Apple will be purchasing 36,000 acres of forest land in order to responsibly and sustainably manage its paper supply chain for items such as packaging and marketing materials.
The full report underscores Apple's seemingly unrivaled commitment to being as environmentally friendly and conscious as possible. Apple today is one of the few tech company's willing to address head on some of today's more pressing environmental issues. What's more, the level of transparency and the depth of information Apple provides in its environmental report is rarely, if ever, seen in Silicon Valley, with Google and Facebook being the lone exceptions.
Why is Apple the only huge tech company that really cares about the environment?