The Green Blind Spot 107 companies · measured 2026-09-02

Technology · rank 19 of 107

1.01grams of CO2 per visit

Apple's website emits 1.01 g of CO2 per visit, 2.8× the worst passing grade.

That is 0.67 g below the cohort median of 1.68 g, and puts the site in the lightest 25% of the 107 companies ranked this edition.

Grade F on the Sustainable Web Design scale. How grades A+ to F are set.

The numbers behind it

2 of 8in Technology
5.8 MBmedian page weight
851.1 tCO2 a year from the pages measured
22 pagesmeasured, covering 10% of traffic
Fgrade, unadjusted scale

Annual figures cover the 22 pages I measured and estimated organic search traffic only, so the real total is higher. Coverage is published so you can judge how representative the number is.

One visit ≈ a 10-watt LED bulb for 12 minutes. A year of estimated search visits to the pages measured ≈ driving a new car 8.8 million km, or the electricity of 710 Dutch homes. What these numbers mean

Where this site sits in the cohort

rank 1 · 0.49 grank 107 · 7.65 g

Grades A+ to E: up to 0.36 g. No company here.

  1. A+up to 0.040 g0 companies
  2. Aup to 0.079 g0 companies
  3. Bup to 0.145 g0 companies
  4. Cup to 0.209 g0 companies
  5. Dup to 0.278 g0 companies
  6. Eup to 0.359 g0 companies
  7. Fabove 0.359 g107 companies

Apple is the dark bar. The band along the bottom is every passing grade, A+ to E.

Against the other technology companies

Ecosiarank 2 overall · lightest 25% 0.57 g
Applerank 19 overall · lightest 25% 1.01 g
Microsoftrank 39 overall · lighter half 1.34 g
HPrank 62 overall · heavier half 1.79 g
Courserarank 74 overall · heavier half 2.28 g
Samsungrank 86 overall · heaviest 25% 2.79 g
Fairphonerank 88 overall · heaviest 25% 2.89 g
WeTransferrank 99 overall · heaviest 25% 4.05 g

Bars share one scale within the sector, lightest first. Technology companies I couldn't measure fairly are listed on the withheld page. See all technology companies.

Why this company is in the index

Listed because: SBTi 1.5C near-term target validated to 2030.

Claims: Validated science-based climate target

Inclusion is based on a company's own public claims, never on whether it is a client of mine. How this is measured.

Work at Apple? I can show you which pages carry the weight and what it would take to cut it.

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Cite this: The Green Blind Spot, 2026-Q3 edition, Baba SEO. https://greenblindspot.com/2026-q3/company/apple-com/