Across our business, we released eight products with more than 20 percent recycled content. 6 The MacBook Air with M1 chip (2020) had the highest total — made with 44 percent recycled content device-wide, including 100 percent recycled aluminum in the enclosure. These and other innovations helped us increase our use of recycled or renewable content to 18 percent of all the material shipped in products in fiscal year 2021. 7 Product longevity We want to make the most of the materials we use through designing long-lasting products. We are designing durable hardware, leveraging software updates to extend functionality, expanding access to repair services, refurbishing devices for their next user, and reusing parts that still have more to give. Read more on caring for customers on page 56 . Product end-of-life By effectively recovering the materials in our products, we enable the circular supply chains that make the best use of finite resources. Through our work in this area, we’re reducing the need to mine new materials and the amount of energy needed to manufacture new products, ultimately driving down emissions and conserving resources. In 99 percent of the countries where we sell products, we continue to provide and participate in product take-back and recycling collection programs. With the help of customer and employee participation across recycling programs, we directed more than 38,000 metric tons of e-waste to recycling globally in fiscal year 2021. We’ve also continued to innovate on disassembly technologies. Daisy, the robot we designed to disassemble iPhone devices, has now been joined by Dave, which dismantles Taptic Engines from iPhone to enable the recovery of materials like rare earth elements, tungsten, and steel, and Taz, designed to recycle modules containing rare earth magnets. At our Material Recovery Lab we’re working on developing better, more efficient means of disassembling products that maximize material recovery, while minimizing waste. Water stewardship We’re committed to managing the resources we share with the communities where we and our suppliers operate. Our efforts to address the water footprint of our corporate sites and of our suppliers’ sites focus on: • Using water efficiently • Expanding the use of alternative water sources, including onsite reuse • Discharging water responsibly • Enhancing our water stewardship to keep watersheds healthy for all who rely on them In fiscal year 2021, our facilities used about 1.4 billion gallons of water. We saved 133 million gallons of freshwater this fiscal year due to efficiency projects implemented since 2017. 9 Last year, alternative water sources accounted for 10 percent of our total corporate water usage — primarily from recycled water sources. 10 Our supply chain accounts for 99 percent of our total water footprint, based on our detailed water inventory. That’s why we partner closely with our suppliers through our Clean Water Program. The more than 195 participating supplier sites increased their average reuse rate to 41 percent and saved our suppliers 12.3 billion gallons of freshwater in fiscal year 2021 — for a total of 50.3 billion gallons of water savings since the program’s launch in 2013. 11 Innovating packaging to reduce our footprint We’ve made significant progress toward eliminating all plastics from our packaging by 2025. This past year, plastics accounted for only 4 percent of our packaging. Since 2015, we’ve dedicated our efforts to replacing large plastic trays, wraps, and foam cushioning with fiber alternatives that have higher recovery rates and reduced environmental footprints. This year, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro were the first iPhone models to be shipped without any plastic packaging components. 8 And we replaced plastic foam with a fiber alternative to protect the 24-inch iMac during shipping. For the 24-inch iMac, using corrugated fiber rather than foam for shock absorption allowed us to reduce plastic by 72 percent. Appendix Governance Communities Suppliers Customers Our People Environment Introduction Apple’s 2022 ESG Report 19