what is the value of apple?
$2.3 trillion
how many retail stores across how many countries?
450 + stores in 16 countries
how does apple exemplify sustainability?
‘Green my apple’ - use robots to disassemble cobalt from old phones. This creates a closed loop as it doesn’t require any additional materials or rely on the mining industry.
where is apple’s primary industry based?
DRC (democratic republic of Congo) in central Africa
what is apple’s primary industry?
open-cast mining
- cobalt mining (70% of worlds cobalt produced in DRC)
what are the negatives associated with apple’s primary industry?
- toxins enter the environment due to the open-cast mining
- deforestation
where is apple’s secondary industry based?
China
what is apple’s secondary industry?
Foxconn in China - factory
how many employees in Shenzen?
300 000
how many suicides in Shenzen?
14 in 2010
what a the social impacts of Shenzen on the workers?
- health and safety concerns - sleep next to exposed live wires
- poor working conditions - abuse
- forced to work 60 + hours a week
- take ID from workers
where is apple’s quaternary sector?
Cork: Ireland
how many people employed as full time employees in the quaternary sector?
98 000
where is apple’s european headquarters?
Cork: Ireland
opening retail stores increased China’s market by how many consumers?
600 million
what is Shenzen in terms of the economy?
special economy zone
what is the positive impacts of a SEZ?
reduces taxes and environmental laws
where is Apple’s global HQs?
Silicon Valley, California
how many employees in the production and retail of apple products?
164 000
positives of Apple?
- provides jobs to 164 000 people across 39 nations (improves QoL)
- benefits economies - tax
- develop new technologies
- allows nations to specialise in key sectors (sector shift)
- reduces unequal flows
negatives of Apple?
- brain drain from EU nations attracted to Cork for highly skilled jobs in research and development (reduces youthful population)
- health and safety concerns in Foxconn factories
- environmental impacts: open-cast mining in the DRC
