Background

In 2015 Apple set a goal to have reduced its emissions by 75% in the year 2030. I aimed to explore available data from Apple surrounding this goal and visualize their progress and trajectory towards the goal.

Data

The data is a breakdown of Apple's greenhouse gas emissions from 2015 to 2022 as they aim to reach net zero emissions by 2030. It includes the following key parameters;

• Greenhouse gas emissions and their sources within the company
• Product Carbon footprint
• Financial metrics such as market capitalization and revenue

Insights and Observations

1. Apple's emissions efforts are on track to meet the 75% target a few years earlier than 2030 if the current trajectory is maintained
2. Apple has shown consistent financial growth since embarking on its net zero mission
3. 98% of all Apple emissions come from their product lifecycle, only 2% from corporate activity
4. While emissions are consistently lowering in most product lifecycle processes, product transportation emissions have been on the rise; having risen by 46% since 2015
5. Product carbon footprint has been steadily declining since 2020 after having peaked and plateaued between 2017 and 2019