188: ‘Apple VP Lisa Jackson’

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Lisa Jackson — Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives — joins the show for an Earth Day discussion of the state of Apple’s environmental efforts: climate change, renewable energy, responsible packaging, and Apple’s new goal to create a “closed-loop supply chain”, wherein the company’s products would be manufactured entirely from recycled materials.

Full transcript of this episode.

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Links:

• Lisa Jackson’s bio.
• Apple’s 2017 Environmental Responsibility Report (PDF).
• Recycle your old Apple products.
• Apple’s charming series of animated spots on the environment by filmmaker James Blagden:
  • “Can We Produce Zero Waste?”
  • “Do Solar Farms Feed Yaks?”
  • “Why Does Apple Make Its Own Sweat?”
  • “Can a Building Breathe?”