Apple has announced a new investment in the restoration and sustainable management of a working redwood forest in California, in collaboration with The Conservation Fund. The forest project is part of the company’s expanded Restore Fund initiative, which is now invested in two dozen conservation and regenerative agriculture projects that span six continents.
“We’re thrilled to help protect California’s iconic coastal redwoods as part of our growing Restore Fund initiative,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives. “Forests are one of the most powerful technologies we have for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Our global investments in nature are leveraging that technology while supporting communities, stimulating local economies, and enhancing biodiversity in ecosystems around the world.”
The Restore Fund initiative is designed to scale global investment in nature-based carbon removal. Since launching in 2021 with Goldman Sachs and Conservation International, Apple has expanded the initiative — first in 2023 with the addition of a new fund managed by Climate Asset Management, and again in 2025 with additional direct investments from Apple in nature-based projects in the U.S. and Latin America. Apple suppliers TSMC and Murata have also invested in the fund.
Apple’s investments in nature play an important role in the company’s ambitious Apple 2030 goal to be carbon neutral across its entire footprint by the end of this decade. To get there, the company is working to reduce its global emissions by 75 percent compared to 2015 and has so far surpassed 60 percent. In order to balance the remaining emissions, Apple is using credits from high-quality carbon removal projects, prioritising nature-based solutions due to their scalability and numerous co-benefits. By 2030, the company and its suppliers are aiming to remove 9.6 million metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year through projects across the globe.
Apple’s commitment to nature extends across the globe. Through the Restore Fund initiative and grants to communities and environmental groups, Apple has invested in and supported dozens of nature-based carbon removal, regenerative agriculture, and innovative conservation projects in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.
Apple is also announcing new grants to advance conservation efforts in countries around the world. This includes projects with Conservation International to cultivate conservation leaders and build capacity to protect critical ecosystems — such as mangrove forests in India — as well as new support for the Jane Goodall Institute’s global Roots and Shoots program and community-led conservation efforts. And, Apple is supporting a new project with The Nature Conservancy to evaluate the quality of various remote sensing-based tools for monitoring and verifying natural climate solutions projects.
The new grants build on Apple’s longstanding work with expert partners and local communities to support innovative conservation efforts. These projects have helped advance conservation research, support sustainable livelihoods, and pilot new approaches to carbon sequestration, modelling and finance.
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