They've been working on those efforts for many years now, it's carbon neutrality that's new.

Unless you're suggesting that they can't attempt carbon neutrality until they've finished permanently eliminating the others first? It's not as if they haven't been trying for many, many years, since 2013[0] at least, and I think longer.

[0] https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-fires-supplier-after-audit-u...