. Apple, alongside a Chinese environmental group, will audit one of its supplier's factories in China for the first time, IDG News Service reported on Monday. The Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs announced that Apple had agreed to the joint audit, which will be carried out at the end of the month. Apple will hire an independent auditing firm that will investigate the pollution created by one of its circuit boards manufacturers. The audit will be a pilot project meant for one factory, but the environmental group hopes Apple will agree to more joint audits in the future.
Boy Genius Report, Apple and Chinese environmental group to audit factory due to pollution concerns
