Philip Houska Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi i-Apple, njengenye yezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ezinethonya kakhulu namuhla, igcizelela kakhulu imvelo emhlabeni jikelele. Ukongiwa kwemvelo ngokungangabazeki kuyingxenye ebalulekile yomthwalo wemfanelo womphakathi walesi sikhondlakhondla saseSilicon Valley, futhi ulwazi lwamanje olumayelana nokuxhaswa ngezimali kwamandla ahlanzekile luyakuqinisekisa lokhu.
Ngokusho kwalesi sikhungo Reuters I-Apple ikhiphe amabhondi abiza ibhiliyoni nengxenye ukuxhasa ngezimali amandla ahlanzekile - okungukuthi, lawo angangcolisi imvelo lapho esetshenziswa - ekusebenzeni kwawo komhlaba wonke. Amabhondi aluhlaza kuleli nani angaphakeme kunawo wonke ake akhishwa inoma iyiphi inkampani yase-US.
IPhini likaMongameli we-Apple uLisa Jackson, ophethe ukuphatha imvelo, ezombusazwe kanye nezinhlelo zenhlalo, uthe imali etholakala kulawa mabhondi ngeke ihloselwe ukuxhasa ngezimali imithombo evuselelekayo namandla anqwabelene, kodwa namaphrojekthi angamandla kagesi, izakhiwo eziluhlaza. futhi okokugcina ukuvikelwa kwemithombo yemvelo.
Nakuba amabhondi aluhlaza eyingxenye encane nje yemakethe yamabhondi, kulindeleke ukuthi akhule kakhulu ngemva kokuba abatshalizimali beqonda ukubaluleka komnotho wekhabhoni ephansi futhi baqale ukutshala imali kuwo. Konke ukukhula okulindelekile kuphinde kuboniswe isimemezelo se-ejensi yokulinganisa Moody's.
Umnyango wayo wezinsizakalo zabatshalizimali usanda kuqhamuka nolwazi lokuthi kulo nyaka ukukhishwa kwama-green bond kufanele kufinyelele kuma-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amahlanu, okungaba ngaphansi kwezigidigidi eziyisikhombisa kunerekhodi elibekwe ngo-2015, lapho ukukhishwa kwakuzungeze i-42,4 billion. Lesi simo esishiwo sakhiwe ikakhulukazi esisekelweni sesivumelwano seNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yesimo Sezulu, eyaba ngoZibandlela wonyaka odlule eParis.
"La mabhondi azovumela abatshalizimali ukuthi babeke imali lapho ukukhathazeka kwabo kuqhubeka khona," kusho uJackson Reuters futhi wanezela ukuthi inkontileka esayinwe ngesikhathi se-21st Climate Summit eFrance yakhuthaza umdondoshiya weCupertino ukuthi akhiphe lezi zinhlobo zezibambiso, njengoba amakhulu ezinkampani athembisa ukutshala imali kulezi zibopho ezingabalulekile.
Yilokhu “kungabongi” okungabangelwa ukungaqondi okuthile kwencazelo iyonke. Lokhu kudalwa ukuthi abanye abatshalizimali abazi ukuthi yiziphi izindinganiso ezimisiwe zokuchaza lokhu kuvikeleka kanye nokuba sobala kokuthi imali etholwayo isetshenziswa kanjani. Kukhona nezimo lapho izinhlangano zisebenzisa imihlahlandlela ehlukene yokutshala imali.
U-Apple wanquma ukusebenzisa Izimiso Zebhondi Elihlaza (elihunyushwa ngokukhululekile ngokuthi "izimiso zebhondi eliluhlaza"), ezasungulwa izikhungo zezezimali iBlackRock kanye ne-JPMorgan. Ngemuva kwenkampani yokubonisana I-Sustainlytics ihlole ukuthi uhlaka lwamabhondi luyahlangabezana yini nezindinganiso okuvunyelwene ngazo ngokususelwe kumyalelo oshiwo ngenhla, i-Apple izobhekana nokuhlolwa kwamabhuku kwaminyaka yonke okwenziwa umnyango wezokubalwa kwezimali wakwa-Ernst & Young ukuze ibone ukuthi imali etholwayo ngamabhondi akhishiwe iphathwa kanjani nhlobo.
Umenzi we-iPhone ulindele ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yemali ezotholwa izophinde isetshenziswe eminyakeni emibili ezayo, ikakhulukazi mayelana nokwehliswa kwe-carbon footprint emhlabeni jikelele. I-Apple futhi inengcindezi kubahlinzeki bayo (kuhlanganise neFoxconn yaseChina) ukuthi bashintshele emithonjeni yamandla evuselelekayo. Kakade ngo-Okthoba wonyaka odlule, inkampani yathatha izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokuthuthukisa imvelo lapho isebenza eChina ihlinzeke ngamamegawathi angaphezu kwama-200 wamandla avuselelekayo.
