apple

• Apple is now the world's:

  • 2nd largest IT company by revenue
  • 3rd largest mobile phone manufacturer
  • largest music retailer
• how many retail stores in how many countries?

  450 retail stores

  16 countries
• Where is its headquarters and design centre located?

  Apple Campus in Cupertino, California
• Where is its European headquarters located?

  Cork, Ireland
• Where does Apples main products get outsourced from?

  Foxconn, main production in Foxconn City, Shenzen
• Of its 453 retail stores how many are in: Europe and Middle East, China?

  110 in Europe and Middle East

  25 in China
• How much does Foxconn produce of iPhone shipments globally?

  70% of iPhone shipments globally
• Workers of Foxconn:

  Highly skilled, hard working but low paid workers

  good for China as it provides investment into the country and generates jobs
• How much does a typical Foxconn worker earn a month?

  Between 3,000 to 4,000 yuan a month.
• Apples European HQ based in Cork is the only .........

  fully Apple-owned manufacturing facility in the world
• How many does it employ at Ireland?

  6000 only 60% are Irish
• What has Apple attracted to Cork?

  other high-tech firms to the area.
• What did Greenpeace criticise Apple for?

  • its reliance on non renewable resources to supply electricity to its data centres
  • use of toxic chemicals such as PVC and brominated flame retardants in their manufacturing process
  • factories in China were discharging pollutants and toxic metals into local water supplies threatening public health
  • the lack of recyclability of many Apple products
• How did Apple respond to Greenpeace?

  Green my Apple

  • 75% renewable energy, investing in large solar farms for power and remove PVC and brominate chemicals.