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1. Apple Inc. strives responsibly to minimize the impact of their products and their operations on the environment. They take care to document their impact and implement strategies to make their products more "green". Of the environmental impacts listed below, which does Apple Inc. say makes the most impact on their Total Carbon Footprint?
2. With manufacturing making up a large portion of Apple Inc.'s carbon emissions, it is no surprise that the company has made advances to their manufacturing processes in recent years to reduce the impact of production on the environment. Which of the following is NOT a way Apple Inc. says it employs to reduce its manufacturing impact on the environment?
3. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) backs a program which sets strict guidelines for energy efficiency certification. Apple Inc. claims on its website that ALL of its products not only meet, but exceed the specifications required for energy efficiency certification, with several products that are more than twice as efficient as required. Which of the following is the name of the EPA-backed program which certifies products as energy efficient?
4. Apple Inc. uses a variety of built-in energy efficient components in its designs to reduce its products' impacts on the environment. Apple Inc. builds such features as ambient light sensors, wake on demand, standby power, and automatic graphics switching in its designs. The company identifies three key ways in which it can reduce a product's energy consumption, and therefore its impact on the environment. Which of the following is NOT one of Apple Inc.'s energy efficient design strategies?
5. Apple Inc. takes recycling very seriously. Much of the packaging for its products is made of recyclable materials. Apple Inc. credits design of its products under the recycling heading, citing that its products last longer and therefore produce less waste that would need to be recycled. Which of the following is a material Apple Inc. used in its products that can be reclaimed and recycled into new products?
6. Apple Inc. takes a lot of pride in its efficient facilities. It maintains a handful of facilities world wide that run entirely on renewable energy, eliminating upwards of 30,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year. Apple Inc. has also started to use on-site renewable energy sources. Renewable energy sources employed by Apple Inc. in its facilities include wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal power. Which of these energy sources is the most efficient?
7. To reduce the greenhouse emissions caused by Apple Inc. employees traveling to and from work, the company has implemented a Commute Alternatives Program for its employees. In 2011, 10,000 Apple Inc. employees participated in the program, using transportation options that reduced traffic smog, and helped reduce employee use of single-occupancy vehicles. As part of the program, Apple Inc. says that more than 1100 Cupertino-based employees rode to work each day for free, using which of the following modes of transportation?
8. Apply Inc. was the first electronics company in history to release a report of its entire carbon footprint to the public. The report serves two purposes, showing customers how Apple Inc.'s products impact the environment, and allowing Apple Inc. itself to be able to evaluate its practices and to be able to effectively identify areas where it can make more reductions in its greenhouse gas emissions. In what year did Apple Inc. release the electronics industry's very first comprehensive carbon footprint report?
9. While a lot of the practices at Apple Inc. are commendable (recycling, energy, transportation), Apple Inc. has been involved with several morally dubious practices at its factories. It has been criticized for its use of factories that abuse workers and where conditions have been likened to sweatshops. In the past, Apple Inc. has admitted to using factories overseas that employ child labor to assemble Apple Inc. products. However, despite knowledge of poor working conditions and underage workers, Apple Inc. has not stopped using the factories in question. In which country, where Apple Inc. assembles the majority of its products, have factory conditions been most called into question?
10. Apple Inc. has also been involved in more than 50 lawsuits with a rival company regarding patents for the design of smart phones and tablets, resulting in billions of dollars in damages paid/received. Legal disputes between the two companies have been pursued in at least 10 countries worldwide. With which leading electronics company has Apple been involved in legal disputes?
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