News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose their carbon footprint.

Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by xnx on Friday September 08, 2023 @04:54PM (#37439275)
I've never understood how "carbon footprint" can reasonably be assessed. What gets counted? The fuel used to power the diggers that mine the materials to make an iPhone? The salaries paid to employees to take vacations to Fiji?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by mrguyorama on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:02PM (#37439384)
It will be assessed how it is defined by the legislation. This isn't a "gotcha" or whatever. Nearly every single measured value in human existence depends on agreed upon standards.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by jldugger on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:09PM (#37439463)
And congress has the power to define weight and measures =)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by photoGrant on Friday September 08, 2023 @06:02PM (#37439917)
Sure, but not specifically for the sake of enabling the count of a carbon footprint. There's tinfoil hats, and then there's paper hats with big crayons.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by jldugger on Saturday September 09, 2023 @08:52PM (#37451853)
But isn't this clause how we got NIST? Who, among other things, regulates time itself?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by everybodyknows on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:53PM (#37439854)
OP's question stipulated "reasonably".
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by dataflow on Friday September 08, 2023 @08:12PM (#37440895)
You misunderstood the question. It wasn't "how can anyone possibly figure out what is supposed to be measured" but rather more like "what if we measure the wrong thing".
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by Gravey on Friday September 08, 2023 @07:47PM (#37440709)
Employee commute method & distance would be an interesting datapoint to factor in.
[ Parent | on HN ]