Apple’s Green Bond project, which began in 2019, has produced a new smelting process that can produce aluminum without resulting in harmful carbon emissions. Apple’s Vice President for Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Lisa Jackson, says the company is committed to environmental efforts to “leave the planet better than we found it” in an official statement. Jackson went on to say that their investment is to create innovative technologies to reduce carbon footprint and move to renewable and recyclable materials to conserve the Earth’s resources. The aluminum required for the iPhone SE will come from Elysis, the company behind “the world’s first direct carbon-free aluminum smelting process”. In addition, Elysis will power its aluminum production using hydroelectric power at the Quebec-based Center for Industrial Research and Development. Research into carbon-free technology has been completed in collaboration with the Governments of Quebec and Canada, as well as Rio Tinto and Alcoa.
