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In September 2025, Apple announced an investment in the long-term protection and restoration of 14,000 acres of redwood forest in Mendocino County, part of a wider effort to fund nature-based carbon removal. The announcement came against a warning from The Conservation Fund that 13 million acres of American forests were at risk of disappearing by 2050, as reported by Apple Newsroom. Apple’s environmental investments are linked to its goal of becoming carbon neutral across its entire business footprint by the end of 2030. The company has said it aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75% compared with 2015 levels, with carbon removal intended to address the remaining emissions. It had already reduced its emissions by more than 60% against that baseline by the time of the 2025 announcement, according to Apple. The company and its suppliers were aiming to remove 9.6 million metric tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year by 2030 through projects around the world. Alongside Restore Fund investments, the company announced grants for conservation organisations and community initiatives in September 2025.
Apple also announced further support for the Jane Goodall Institute’s global Roots and Shoots programme, which involves community-led environmental and conservation activities. California’s coastal redwoods can live for centuries, growing in forests that support wildlife, store carbon and provide work for nearby communities. Yet some of these landscapes remain vulnerable to logging pressures and changes in how the land is managed. The partnership also reflects how technology companies are increasingly financing conservation beyond their own operations. Apple is working with The Conservation Fund, a US non-profit organisation that acquires threatened landscapes and forests to protect them from degradation. Under the arrangement, the organisation will continue managing the property with an emphasis on sustainable forestry and long-term restoration. Apple, in return, will receive carbon credits generated as the forest grows and stores carbon over time. Sustainable management of a working forest involves maintaining its ecological value while allowing appropriate economic activity to continue. The partnership is intended to protect the landscape over the long term, rather than treating the purchase of carbon credits as a substitute for managing the forest itself. Apple’s work on forests is part of a wider programme of environmental funding. Some of that funding was directed towards Conservation International’s efforts to develop conservation leadership and strengthen local capacity to protect ecosystems, including mangrove forests in India.