Bragging+rights

As we all know, there is a lot of bias and corruption when it comes to vested interests of corporations and sustainability. Large powerful companies like Apple claim to be "green", even dedicating pages on their websites to boast about their environmental efforts and to show "what [they've] done to make a difference". On paper (in the US), Apple is an extremely green company. However, overseas, they fail to care as much about the environment as they do in the United States. Their manufacturing companies in China operate under extremely un-friendly conditions when it comes to the environment. I think it is good that Apple makes an effort at all, but I think that they--along with many other companies--care more about the image of their company than the actual environment. They know that people want to feel good when spending money with their company, but they also want to make a large profit, and that does not always go along with saving the environment.