Undoubtedly, their goal is to make all the iPhone factories in China more environmentally friendly.

Tim Cook, Apple's CEO commented, “Climate change is one of the great challenges of our time, and the time for action is now. The transition to a new green economy requires innovation, ambition and purpose.”

“We believe passionately in leaving the world better than we found it and hope that many other suppliers, partners and other companies join us in this important effort.” added Tim Cook.

Apple announced plans on October 22 to build solar energy projects with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW) in the northern, eastern and southern regions, while iPhone supplier Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn), said it will add solar power plants with a capacity of 400MW in Henan province by 2018.

Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organization, is happy to see this great beginning in the industry, the organization encouraged Samsung, Microsoft and all the other IT companies to follow up this program.