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===Greenwashing<!-- This section needs more work and more sources. It might also make sense to move it to a page of its own -->=== | ===Greenwashing<!-- This section needs more work and more sources. It might also make sense to move it to a page of its own -->=== | ||
Apple claims to be environmentally friendly and invests significant amounts of funds in corresponding PR campaigns,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Environment {{!}} Mother Nature |url=https://www.apple.com/environment/mother-nature/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Apple}}</ref> <!-- The source's title is "Environment | Mother Nature", but currently the browser title is "Environment" & article title is "Apple 2030 - We’ve reduced our emissions by over 60%". Is this supposed to be another URL or them changing the page? Hmm... --> but the reality is not quite as green. | Apple claims to be environmentally friendly and invests significant amounts of funds in corresponding PR campaigns,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Environment {{!}} Mother Nature |url=https://www.apple.com/environment/mother-nature/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/gHV3A |archive-date=7 Jan 2026 |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Apple}}</ref> <!-- The source's title is "Environment | Mother Nature", but currently the browser title is "Environment" & article title is "Apple 2030 - We’ve reduced our emissions by over 60%". Is this supposed to be another URL or them changing the page? Hmm... --> but the reality is not quite as green. | ||
Customers are lead to think that their purchases and frequent replacement of their devices do not have a negative impact on the environment, which is not the case. | Customers are lead to think that their purchases and frequent replacement of their devices do not have a negative impact on the environment, which is not the case. | ||
In autumn of 2025, stricter EU regulations on misleading marketing claims and a lawsuite by German environmental and consumer protection non-profit organization ''Deutsche Umwelthilfe'' have forced Apple to remove their claim of carbon neutrality on several products on their EU websites. Affected products include the Apple Watch 3 and Apple Watch Series 11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwan |first=Ben |date=2025-11-26 |title=Wegen EU-Regeln: Apple zieht Klimaneutralitäts-Claim zurück [Due to EU regulations: Apple retracts claim of climate neutrality] |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Wegen-EU-Regeln-Apple-zieht-Klimaneutralitaets-Claim-zurueck-10711532.html |access-date=2025-11-26 |website=Heise Online}}</ref> | In autumn of 2025, stricter EU regulations on misleading marketing claims and a lawsuite by German environmental and consumer protection non-profit organization ''Deutsche Umwelthilfe'' have forced Apple to remove their claim of carbon neutrality on several products on their EU websites. Affected products include the Apple Watch 3 and Apple Watch Series 11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwan |first=Ben |date=2025-11-26 |title=Wegen EU-Regeln: Apple zieht Klimaneutralitäts-Claim zurück [Due to EU regulations: Apple retracts claim of climate neutrality] |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Wegen-EU-Regeln-Apple-zieht-Klimaneutralitaets-Claim-zurueck-10711532.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/d2VmA |archive-date=7 Jan 2026 |access-date=2025-11-26 |website=Heise Online}}</ref> | ||
====Green energy pooling==== | ====Green energy pooling==== | ||