In 2017, Apple used about 1 billion gallons of water directly, a 59 percent increase compared to 2016▪ The company launched Clean Water Program in 2013 and since more than 13,6 billion gallons of water have been saved by suppliers▪ Cooling systems in company’s date centres can reuse water up to 35 times▪ Despite the initiatives above, water usage by Apple data centres, retail and corporate facilities have been consistently increasing over the last four years, as illustrated in Figure 1 below.