EKalamazoo, eMichigan – Xa kuqaliswa umatshini omtsha olingana nesakhiwo kule nyanga, uza kuqalisa ukuguqula iintaba zekhadibhodi ezisetyenzisiweyo zibe yikhadibhodi efanelekileyo yokupakisha enobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo.
Le projekthi ye-$600 yezigidi yeyona projekthi yokuqala yokuvelisa amakhadibhodi eyakhiwe eMelika kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo. Imele ubhejo olukhulu lwe-2.54% yomnini weGraphic Packaging Holding Co. GPK, bebheja ukuba akuyi kubakho zikomityi zefoam, izikhongozeli zeplastiki ze-clamshell okanye i-six Piece of ring.
IGraphic inethemba lokubonelela ngokupakisha okunobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo ukuze iinkampani zeempahla zabathengi ezithenga iimveliso zayo zikwazi ukukhuthaza uthungelwano lokubonelela olucocekileyo kubatyali-mali babo nakubathengi. Le nkampani ithe xa iGraphic ivala oomatshini abane abancinci nabangasebenzi kakuhle, kuquka omnye kwiKalamazoo complex yayo eneminyaka eli-100 ubudala, iya kusebenzisa amanzi nombane omncinci kwaye inciphise iigreenhouse ngama-20%.
Njengoko isifinyezo sisitsho, utyalo-mali lwe-ESG lutyale imali eziitriliyoni zeerandi kwiimali ezithembisa ukutyala imali ngenxa yeenjongo zokusingqongileyo, ezentlalo, kunye nolawulo. Oku kwabangela ukuba inkampani isebenze nzima ukunciphisa inkunkuma kunye nokukhutshwa kwegesi ezibangela ubushushu.
UGraphic uthe utyalo-mali oluluhlaza luvule imakethi exabisa ngaphezulu kwe-$6 yeebhiliyoni ngonyaka yokutshintsha iplastiki ngephepha kwiishelufu zeevenkile, nokuba oku kunokubangela abathengi babone amaxabiso aphezulu kancinci.
Ukungcakaza kukaGraphic luvavanyo olukhulu lokuba ingaba i-ESG capital ingawutshintsha na uthotho lwezinto ezithengiswayo. Ukupakisha ngeplastiki kudla ngokuba nexabiso eliphantsi kunephepha, kusebenza ngakumbi kwiindlela ezininzi, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kunomlinganiselo omncinci wekhabhoni. Iinkampani zeemveliso zabathengi kuya kufuneka ziqinisekiswe ukuba abathengi bazo baya kuhlawula ngaphezulu, kwaye ukupakisha ngephepha ngokwenene kunobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo.
Abaphathi bemizobo bathi ngaphandle kwekhonkco lokubonelela ngezinto ezicocekileyo, abathengi babo banethuba elincinci lokufezekisa iinjongo zokukhupha ukungcola kunye nenkunkuma. "Uninzi lwezi njongo luchaphazela thina," utshilo uStephen Scherger, igosa eliyintloko lezemali.
Ngokuphathelele abavelisi beplastiki, bathi batyala imali kubuchwepheshe bokusebenzisa kwakhona nokuqokelela inkunkuma, kwaye xa izinto ezifana nobunzima bokuthutha kunye nokuphepha inkunkuma yokutya zithathelwa ingqalelo, iimveliso zabo zinezibonelelo ngaphezu kwephepha.
I-Graphic inekomkhulu layo eSandy Springs, eGeorgia, kwaye ithengisa izinto zokupakisha kwiinkampani ezinkulu zokutya, iziselo kunye neemveliso zabathengi eMelika: iCoca-Cola kunye nePepsi, iKellogg's kunye neGeneral Mills, iNestlé kunye neMars., iKimberly-Clark Corp. kunye neProcter & Gamble Co.. Ishishini layo leebhokisi zebhiya livelisa malunga ne-$1 yezigidigidi kwingeniso minyaka le. Ithengisa malunga neekomityi ezili-13 zeebhiliyoni minyaka le.
Imizobo kunye nabanye abavelisi bekhadibhodi (ikhadibhodi enye esetyenziselwa kakhulu ukupakisha) basebenza nzima ukwazisa iimveliso ezintsha, ezifana nee-fiber jokes zeepakethi ezintandathu kunye neepleyiti zesidlo sangokuhlwa ezifakwa kwi-microwave ezibunjwe ngekhadibhodi. I-Graphic ibhengeze izicwangciso zokuqalisa uthotho lweekomityi ezineengubo ezisekelwe emanzini ukuze zithathe indawo yee-linings ze-polyethylene, inyathelo elinye elikufutshane ne-grail engcwele yeekomityi ezinomgquba.
Xa iGraphic yabhengeza izicwangciso zokwakha umzi-mveliso omtsha wekhadibhodi ngo-2019, abatyali-mali ekuqaleni babezibuza ngeendleko kunye nemfuneko. Nangona kunjalo, utyalo-mali oluluhlaza luye lwafumana amandla ukusukela ngoko, kwaye abatyali-mali abatsha baye baxhasa le projekthi.
NgoSeptemba, iGraphic ithengise i-$100 yezigidi kwiibhondi eziluhlaza ukunceda ekuhlawuleni. Ifumene uphawu loluhlaza ngenkqubo yaseMichigan yokukhuthaza izakhiwo zokuphinda zisetyenziswe, ivumela ukuba ithengise amatyala anenzala ngaphandle kokuchaphazeleka yirhafu karhulumente neyelizwe. USerge uthe imfuno yeebhondi idlula unikezelo ngokuphindwe ka-20.
Kwenye indawo, inkampani yongeza izixhobo ezixabisa i-$100 yezigidi kwifektri yayo eseTexarkana, eTexas, ukuguqula i-pulp yephayini eyomeleleyo ibe yikhadibhodi eqinileyo yeekomityi kunye neebhokisi zebhiya. NgoJulayi, iGraphic ichithe i-$280 yezigidi ukuthenga izixhobo ezisi-7 zokucubungula ezigoba amakhadibhodi zibe yiphakheji, nto leyo eyenza inani lilonke libe ngama-80. NgoNovemba, inkampani ifumene i-US $1.45 yezigidigidi eYurophu, apho iindlela zokupakisha ezizinzileyo zihlala ziyindawo yokuzalwa.
Ichithe malunga ne-180 yezigidi zeerandi ukuhambisa izakhiwo ezininzi eLouisiana phantsi kophahla olunye ukunciphisa umgama ohanjwa phakathi kwazo ngezigidi zeemayile minyaka le. Yafaka ibhoyila yokutshisa iincam zemithi kunye nenye inkunkuma yendalo evela kwiMacon Pine Pulp Mill eGeorgia ukuze inike amandla isityalo sayo. Ukusetyenziswa kwamandla kunye nokukhutshwa komoya kwiifektri ezimbini ezisezantsi kuye kwachaphazela umbane wekhabhoni kwidyokhwe yekhadibhodi ethengiswa yiGraphic eYurophu ukuze ithathe indawo yokupakisha okuncitshisiweyo.
NgoJulayi, umphathi we-hedge fund uDavid Einhorn watyhila ukuba iGreenlight Capital yakhe sele ibambe i-$15 yezigidi kwiGraphics. IGreenlight iqikelela ukuba amaxabiso ekhadibhodi aza kuqhubeka enyuka ngenxa yotyalo-mali oluncinci kakhulu kwimveliso.
“I-United States yongeze amandla amancinci okuvelisa amakhadibhodi kangangokuba umzi-mveliso oqhelekileyo wekhadibhodi kweli lizwe uneminyaka engaphezu kwama-30 ubudala,” utshilo uMnu. Einhorn kwileta eya kubatyali-mali. Uthe imfuno kufuneka inyuke njengoko ukusetyenziswa kunye ne-ESG inyanzela ukususa iplastiki kwikhonkco lokubonelela.
Emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, iiplastiki zaba yindawo yonke, xa ukunqongophala kwezinto zendalo kwabangela ukhuphiswano lwezinye iindlela zokwenziwa, kuquka i-nylon kunye neglasi yendalo. Ukukhupha amafutha efosili nokuziguqula zibe ziiplastiki kuvelisa iigesi ezininzi zegreenhouse. Ngokwengxelo ka-2016 yeWorld Economic Forum, i-Ellen MacArthur Foundation, kunye neMcKinsey, yi-14% kuphela yokupakisha kweplastiki eqokelelwayo ukuze isetyenziswe kwakhona, kwaye yinxalenye yayo kuphela esetyenziselwa ukwenza iimveliso ezintsha, ngelixa malunga nesinye kwisithathu sokupakisha kweplastiki. Ukupakisha akuqokelelwa konke konke. Ngokutsho kweGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (Goldman Sachs Group Inc.) eyapapashwa ngo-2019, yi-12% kuphela yeplastiki ephinda isetyenziswe, ngelixa i-28% itshisiwe kwaye i-60% isele kwindalo esingqongileyo.
Olu phononongo lukhankanywa rhoqo ngo-2016 luchaze ulwandle olusengxakini, lungcoliswe ziibhotile zesoda, iingxowa zokuthenga, kunye neefayibha zempahla. Yonke iminithi, ilori yenkunkuma iqengqa inkunkuma efana neplastiki emanzini. Olu phononongo luthe ngo-2050, ngokobunzima, kuya kubakho iplastiki eninzi elwandle kuneentlanzi.
Emva kokunyanzeliswa okuqatha ngabasemagunyeni bakarhulumente ukusuka eCalifornia ukuya eTshayina, abahlalutyi besitokhwe babala ukusetyenziswa kweplastiki njengenye yezona ngxaki zinkulu ezijongene neenkampani zeempahla ezipakishiweyo. Iinkampani eziquka iCoca-Cola kunye neAnheuser-Busch InBev zikhankanye utshintsho oluvela kwiplastiki ukuya kwiphepha kwiingxelo zazo zozinzo kubatyali-mali kunye neenkampani zangaphandle ezibala amanqaku e-ESG eenkampani.
“Kuza kusithatha unyaka wonke ukusebenzisa iplastiki eninzi njengaleyo isetyenziswa yinkampani ephambili yeziselo kwiiveki ezimbini kuphela,” utshilo igosa eliyintloko lolondolozo lwemveliso yeenkozo uLe's kwinkomfa yotyalo-mali ekuqaleni konyaka ophelileyo. Ukuqhayisa, kuba abaphathi benkampani yeziselo balinde ukuthengisa kubaphulaphuli abafanayo.
Ngowama-2019, abaphathi beGraphic babhengeze izicwangciso zokuthatha isabelo semarike kwiplastiki baze bakhe umatshini wekhadibhodi ophucukileyo osetyenzisiweyo eKalamazoo. “Awuyi kubona iziqithi zephepha zidada elwandle,” utshilo uJoyost, intloko yaseMelika yeGraphic, kwintlanganiso nabahlalutyi besitokhwe.
Nangona kunjalo, nokuba inani elikhulu leenkampani lithembisa ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa komoya kunye nokunciphisa inkunkuma, kunzima kwiifektri ezintsha ukuthengisa. Le yindleko enkulu, kwaye kuya kuthatha iminyaka emibini ukuyiqalisa nokusebenza nokwenza imali. Kwixesha apho ixesha eliqhelekileyo lokubamba amasheya libalwa ngeenyanga, iminyaka emibini lixesha elide kubatyali-mali.
I-CEO yeGraphic uMichael Doss (uMichael Doss) ulungiselele ibhodi ukuba ilwe. "Ayingabo bonke abantu abaya kuyithanda le nto," ukhumbule. "Ishishini lethu linerekhodi yokwanda kakhulu kunye nokwabiwa kwemali okungalunganga."
Ekuqaleni iGraphic yayilicandelo leCoors Brewing Co., eColorado, kwaye iibhokisi eziveliswe yile nkampani azizange zimanziswe ziilori ezifakwe efrijini. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990, iCoors yanikezela ishishini layo lebhokisi kwinkampani ezimeleyo kawonkewonke. Ukuthengwa okulandelayo kwanika iGraphic isikhundla esibalulekileyo kwibhanti yephayini esemazantsi, apho umzi-mveliso wayo wenza amakhadibhodi ngenkunkuma yesarha kunye nemithi eyayingafanelekanga ukuba yenziwe ngomthi.
IGraphic iphethe malunga neepatenti ezingama-2,400 kwaye inezicelo ezingaphezulu kwama-500 ezisalindileyo zokukhusela uyilo lwayo lokupakisha kunye noomatshini abafakwe kwimigca yemveliso yabathengi ukuze bazalise kwaye basonge iibhokisi.
Abaphathi bayo bathi ingqwalasela yangoku yophando nophuhliso kukwandisa ukusetyenziswa kwekhadibhodi ukusuka kwiishelufu zokutya ukuya kwiivenkile ezithengisa izinto ezithengiswayo, iimveliso zezolimo kunye neefriji zebhiya. “Sihlasela nayiphi na imveliso yeplastiki,” utshilo uMatt Kearns, umyili weepakethe zeGraphic.
Nangona kunjalo, iplastiki ibiza kancinci kunekhadibhodi. Inkqubela phambili ekupakisheni amaphepha, njengeekomityi ezinomgquba, inokunyusa iindleko. Abavelisi bephepha baphakamise amaxabiso amaxesha amaninzi kunyaka ophelileyo ukuze bahlawule iindleko zabo ezikhulayo. UAdam Josephson, umhlalutyi wephepha kunye nokupakisha kwiKeyBanc Capital Markets, uthe abanye abathengi bahlola ezinye iindlela ezingabizi kakhulu endaweni yekhadibhodi.
“Ngaba iinkampani ezifana neGraphic zingathengisa iimveliso ezininzi xa ixabiso liphezulu kakhulu kuneemveliso esele bezithengisa?” wabuza uMnu. Josephson. “Oku kuyingxaki kakhulu.”
Yintoni enokufundwa zezinye iinkampani kumsebenzi wokukhusela okusingqongileyo wale fektri? Joyina incoko engezantsi.
Kwezinye iinkampani, uluhlaza kuthetha ukusebenzisa iplastiki eninzi. Ukupakisha iplastiki kukhaphukhaphu kuneebhokisi, nto leyo ethetha ukuba kutshiswa amafutha amancinci ngexesha lokuthuthwa. Izinga lokuphinda kusetyenziswe iplastiki liphantsi kakhulu, kodwa kunjalo nakwiikomityi zephepha kunye nezikhongozeli zokutya, ezenziwe ngephepha kodwa zikwaquka i-polyethylene. Inkqubo yemizi-mveliso iyafuneka ukuze kususwe i-pulp enokusetyenziswa kwakhona.
I-Wendy's Co. ithe iindawo zayo zokutyela ziza kulahla iikomityi zephepha ezifakwe iplastiki kunyaka ozayo zize zifake iplastiki ecacileyo endaweni yazo, kwaye yathi abathengi abaninzi baya kukwazi ukuphinda basebenzise iplastiki. “Oku kubonisa indlela iplastiki ebonwa ngayo njengethuba lokusingqongileyo kunokuba ibe ngumthwalo,” utshilo uTom Salmon, i-CEO yeBerry Global Group Inc., eyenza iikomityi nge-0.66% yeBerry.
Iphepha alisoloko linekhabhoni encinci. Ukwenza ikhadibhodi kusebenzisa umbane namanzi, kwaye kuvelisa iigesi zegreenhouse.
Enye yeemveliso ezintsha ezithembisayo zeGraphic yiKeelClip. Idyokhwe yekhadibhodi igoqwe phezu kwebhotile kwaye inemingxuma yeminwe. Ithatha indawo ngokukhawuleza yokupakisha iplastiki kunye neendandatho ezineziqwenga ezintandathu kwiishelufu zeziselo zaseYurophu. IiKeelClips kulula ukuziphinda zisetyenziswe njengeebhokisi zeenkozo. UGraphic uthi impembelelo yazo yekhabhoni imalunga nesiqingatha sokupakisha okuncitshisiweyo, okuyindlela eqhelekileyo yokupakisha ibhiya eYurophu.
I-Graphic izise iKeelClip eMelika, apho kwafuneka ilwe neluphu yeplastiki enamacala amathandathu. Le ring ineenxalenye ezintandathu ingabizi kwaye ilula njengentsiba, nangona ibisoloko isetyenziswa njengophawu lokuxhatshazwa kwendalo ngabantu kangangeminyaka emininzi. Izizukulwana zabantwana besikolo baseMelika zibone iifoto zezilwanyana zasendle ezibanjiweyo.
IKeelClip ayidingi ukusebenzisa iipakethe ezininzi zeplastiki ngexesha lokuthuthwa, kwaye akunakwenzeka ukuba ivale umlomo wehlengethwa. Nangona kunjalo, iGraphic ithe i-carbon footprint yeKeelClip—ubungakanani bezinto ezikhutshwayo eziveliswa kwinqanaba ngalinye lokwenziwa nokusasazwa kwayo—iphezulu kancinci kuneyendandatho eneziqwenga ezintandathu.
Ngokutsho kukaSphera, inkampani yokubonisana ye-ESG eqeshwe yiGraphic ukuhlalutya ukupakisha, iKeelClip nganye ivelisa iigram ezili-19.32 zekhabhoni diokside, ngelixa iringi yeplastiki iyigram ezili-18.96.
UGraphic uthe usebenza nzima ukusombulula le ngxaki. IDiamondClip, ekwaziwa ngokuba yi-EnviroClip, isaphuhliswa. Le nkampani ithe inamandla ngokwaneleyo ukubamba iibhiya ezintandathu ezibilayo, kodwa ilula ngokwaneleyo ukuba ibe ne-carbon footprint yesiqingatha sendandatho yeplastiki kuphela.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Jan-05-2022