iPhone-maker Apple has formed a joint venture with renewable energy developer CleanMax to invest in six rooftop solar projects to power its India operations. The solar project will have a total size of 14.4 MW, which will power its offices and the two retail stores in Mumbai and New Delhi. This is part of ramp-up in investments in clean energy and water around the world by Apple, with the goal to achieve carbon-neutrality across its entire value chain by the end of this decade. More than 18 GW of clean electricity now power Apple’s global operations and manufacturing supply chain.

As part of its broader environmental efforts, Apple also advanced progress toward the 2030 goal, to replenish 100 percent of the freshwater used in corporate operations in high-stress locations. Further such initiatives are to be taken in Telangana and Maharashtra.

Last year, the company achieved its target for 100 percent water replenishment for corporate operations in India through its ongoing work with Uptime Catalyst Facility. In 2023, Apple’s support provided 23 million gallons of clean drinking water to communities from over 300 water kiosks.

In 2021, Apple’s data centre in Prineville, Oregon, became the first-ever data centre certified to the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) International Water Stewardship Standard. In the past year, seven supplier sites in southern India participated in water stewardship training with AWS and others in the industry.