Introduction Climate Change Resources Smarter Chemistry Engagement and Advocacy Appendix 2023 Environmental Progress Report 66 Advocating for safer alternatives We’ve focused on cleaners and degreasers — building In 2022, we continued our collaboration with IPC, the across our industry out a safer cleaners innovation ecosystem through premier global electronics standard-setting body, by Our work around smarter chemistry helps facilitate the multiple efforts. In 2022, we continued our role as a drafting and helping launch IPC-1402, Standard for transition to safer alternatives that are accessible to founding signatory of the Toward Zero Exposure program Green Cleaners Used in Electronics Manufacturing . from the Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN). This standard resulted from work over the past two years others in our industry. The criteria we set for chemicals — Led by the NGO Green America, CEPN is a multi- with the Green Cleaners for Electronics Manufacturing and how our suppliers use them — help establish even stakeholder initiative to accelerate companies’ efforts task group, where Apple has served as a chair working more stringent standards around health and safety across to eliminate workers’ exposure to hazardous chemicals with more than 20 industry partners. This new standard the electronics industry. We collaborate with standard- and to raise awareness of the need to improve chemical will help suppliers across the electronics industry setting bodies, trade associations, and NGOs to achieve management practices across the global electronics select cleaners that are safer for employees and the this — developing tools, standards, and mechanisms to manufacturing industry. environment. Last year, Apple received the IPC Stan Plzak drive the identification and adoption of smarter chemicals Corporate Recognition Award for our work on this effort throughout our supply chain. As a signatory, we report on the progress we’ve made and our contributions to the industry. to remove nine process chemicals from our supply chain that have been collectively identified as priorities We continued to partner with ChemFORWARD — for replacement at our final assembly sites. We’re also a nonprofit organization committed to creating broad accountable for our efforts to protect workers from access to chemical hazard data and a registry of exposure to potentially harmful substances. We prioritize cleaners — to make it easier for suppliers to choose safer this work by emphasizing effective engineering solutions alternatives. We also supported the RBA in producing a and administrative controls across manufacturing comprehensive technical guide on responsible chemical processes. While personal protective equipment is management, as well as over 20 hours of related training essential and foundational to protecting people, we focus content to educate millions of workers across thousands on employing safer alternatives from the start, and we of companies about controlling occupational exposures to support that with PPE as a measure to eliminate exposure hazardous chemicals. to potentially harmful chemicals.