EKalamazoo, eMichigan – Uma kuqaliswa umshini omusha olingana nesakhiwo kule nyanga, uzoqala ukuguqula izintaba zekhadibhodi elisetshenziswe kabusha libe yikhadibhodi elifanele ukupakishwa okunobungani nemvelo.
Lo msebenzi wamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-600 uwumugqa wokuqala omusha wokukhiqiza amakhadibhodi owakhiwe e-United States emashumini eminyaka. Umelela ukubheja okukhulu kwe-2.54% yomnikazi we-Graphic Packaging Holding Co. GPK, ukubheja ukuthi ngeke kube khona izinkomishi ze-foam, izitsha ze-clamshell zepulasitiki noma indandatho eyisithupha.
I-Graphic inethemba lokuhlinzeka ngamaphakheji anobungani nemvelo ukuze izinkampani zezimpahla zabathengi ezithenga imikhiqizo yayo zikwazi ukukhuthaza uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka oluhlanzekile kubatshalizimali bazo kanye nabathengi. Le nkampani ithe uma i-Graphic isivale imishini emine emincane nengasebenzi kahle, okuhlanganisa nomunye osenkingeni yayo ye-Kalamazoo eneminyaka eyi-100 ubudala, izosebenzisa amanzi nogesi omncane futhi inciphise izindawo zokugcina izitshalo ngo-20%.
Njengoba isifinyezo sisho, ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-ESG kutshale izigidigidi zamaRandi ezimalini ezithembisa ukutshala imali ngokucabangela imigomo yezemvelo, yezenhlalo kanye neyokuphatha. Lokhu kwaholela inkampani ukuthi isebenze kanzima ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwemfucuza kanye negesi ebamba ukushisa.
UGraphic uthe ukutshalwa kwezimali okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kuvule imakethe ebiza ngaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha ngonyaka ngokushintsha ipulasitiki ngephepha emashalofini ezitolo, noma ngabe lokhu kungabangela abathengi ukuthi babone amanani aphakeme kancane.
Ukugembula kukaGraphic kuyisilingo esikhulu sokuthi ngabe ukugeleza kwemali ye-ESG kungawushintsha yini uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka. Ukupakisha ngepulasitiki ngokuvamile kushibhile kunephepha, kusebenza kangcono ezinhlelweni eziningi, futhi ngezinye izikhathi kunethonya elincane lekhabhoni. Izinkampani zemikhiqizo yabathengi kuzodingeka zikholwe ukuthi amakhasimende azo azokhokha kakhulu, futhi ukupakisha ngephepha empeleni kunobungani nemvelo.
Abaphathi bezithombe bathi ngaphandle kochungechunge lokuhlinzeka oluhlanzekile, amakhasimende abo anethuba elincane lokuhlangabezana nezinhloso zokukhishwa kwegesi kanye nemfucuza. "Iningi lalezi zinhloso lisithinta," kusho uStephen Scherger, isikhulu sezezimali.
Ngokuphathelene nabakhiqizi bepulasitiki, bathi batshala imali kubuchwepheshe bokuvuselela kabusha kanye nokuqoqa imfucuza, futhi uma izici ezifana nesisindo sokuthutha kanye nokugwema imfucuza yokudla sezicatshangelwa, imikhiqizo yabo inezinzuzo kunephepha.
Indlunkulu yayo iGraphic iseSandy Springs, eGeorgia, futhi ithengisa izinto zokupakisha ezinkampanini ezinkulu kakhulu zokudla, iziphuzo kanye nemikhiqizo yabathengi e-United States: iCoca-Cola kanye nePepsi, iKellogg's kanye neGeneral Mills, iNestlé kanye neMars., iKimberly-Clark Corp. kanye neProcter & Gamble Co.. Ibhizinisi layo lamabhokisi kabhiya lithola imali engenayo engaba yizigidigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka. Lithengisa cishe izinkomishi eziyizigidigidi eziyi-13 minyaka yonke.
Imidwebo kanye nabanye abakhiqizi bekhadibhodi (ingxenye eyodwa yekhadibhodi esetshenziswa kakhulu ekupakisheni) basebenza kanzima ukwethula imikhiqizo emisha, njenge-fiber jokes yamaphakethe ayisithupha kanye namapuleti okudlela angafakwa kuma-microwave abunjwe ngekhadibhodi. I-Graphic imemezele izinhlelo zokwethula uchungechunge lwezinkomishi ezinezimbozo ezisekelwe emanzini ukuze zithathe indawo ye-polyethylene linings, isinyathelo esisodwa esiseduze kakhulu ne-grail engcwele yezinkomishi ezingafakwa kumquba.
Lapho iGraphic imemezela izinhlelo zokwakha ifektri entsha yamakhadibhodi ngo-2019, abatshalizimali ekuqaleni bangabaza izindleko kanye nesidingo. Kodwa-ke, ukutshalwa kwezimali okuluhlaza sekutholakele umfutho, futhi abatshalizimali abasha basekele lo msebenzi.
NgoSepthemba, iGraphic ithengise amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-100 kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi amabhondi aluhlaza ukusiza ekukhokheni. Ithole igama eliluhlaza ngohlelo lwaseMichigan lokukhuthaza izikhungo zokuvuselela kabusha, okuvumela ukuthi ithengise izikweletu ezinenzalo ngaphandle kokuthintwa yizintela zikahulumeni nezesifundazwe. USerge uthe isidingo samabhondi sidlula ukunikezwa ngokuphindwe ka-20.
Kwenye indawo, inkampani ingeza imishini eyizigidi eziyi-100 zamaRandi esitshalweni sayo eTexarkana, eTexas, ukuze iguqule i-pulp yephayini eningi ibe yikhadibhodi eliqinile kakhulu lezinkomishi namabhokisi kabhiya. NgoJulayi, iGraphic yachitha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-280 zamaRandi ukuthenga izindawo zokucubungula ezi-7 ezigoqa amakhadibhodi zibe yiphakheji, okwenza inani lifinyelele kuma-80. NgoNovemba, inkampani yathola umncintiswano wezigidigidi eziyi-1.45 zamaRandi eYurophu, lapho izitayela zokupakisha eziqhubekayo zivame ukuba yindawo yokuzalwa.
Yachitha cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-180 ukuhambisa izakhiwo eziningana eLouisiana ngaphansi kophahla olulodwa ukuze inciphise ibanga elihanjwa phakathi kwazo ngezigidi zamamayela minyaka yonke. Yafaka ibhoyila yokushisa izihlahla kanye neminye imfucuza yemvelo evela eMacon Pine Pulp Mill eGeorgia ukuze inikeze amandla isitshalo sayo. Ukusetshenziswa kwamandla kanye nokukhishwa kwegesi kwamafektri amabili aseningizimu kuthinte umthelela wekhabhoni webhodi lekhadibhodi elithengiswa yiGraphic eYurophu ukuze lithathe indawo yokupakisha okuncishisiwe.
NgoJulayi, umphathi wesikhwama se-hedge fund uDavid Einhorn wembula ukuthi iGreenlight Capital yakhe isivele iphethe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-15 ku-Graphics. I-Greenlight ibikezela ukuthi amanani ekhadibhodi azoqhubeka nokukhuphuka ngenxa yokutshalwa kwezimali okuncane kakhulu ekukhiqizeni.
“I-United States yengeze umthamo omncane kakhulu wokukhiqiza amakhadibhodi kangangokuthi isilinganiso somshini wokugaya amakhadibhodi kuleli lizwe sineminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 ubudala,” kubhala uMnu. Einhorn encwadini ayibhalela abatshalizimali. Uthe isidingo kufanele sande njengoba ukusetshenziswa kanye ne-ESG icindezela ukususa ipulasitiki ochungechungeni lokuhlinzeka.
Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, amapulasitiki aba yindawo yonke, lapho ukuntuleka kwezinto zemvelo kwaqala umncintiswano wezinye izindlela zokwenziwa, okuhlanganisa i-nylon nengilazi yemvelo. Ukukhipha amafutha angaphansi komhlaba nokuwaguqula abe amapulasitiki kukhiqiza amagesi amaningi okushisa. Ngokusho kombiko ka-2016 we-World Economic Forum, i-Ellen MacArthur Foundation, kanye ne-McKinsey, kuqoqwa u-14% kuphela wamaphakheji epulasitiki ukuze aphinde asetshenziswe, kanti ingxenye yawo kuphela esetshenziswa ekugcineni ukwenza imikhiqizo emisha, kuyilapho cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zamaphakheji epulasitiki. Amaphakheji awaqoqwa nhlobo. Ngokusho kwe-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Goldman Sachs Group Inc.) eyanyatheliswa ngo-2019, u-12% kuphela wepulasitiki ophinde asetshenziswe, kanti u-28% uyashiswa kanti u-60% uhlala emvelweni.
Lolu cwaningo oluvame ukucashunwa ngo-2016 luchaze ulwandle olusenkingeni, olungcoliswe amabhodlela e-soda, izikhwama zokuthenga, kanye nezintambo zezingubo. Njalo ngomzuzu, iloli likadoti ligoqa udoti olingana nopulasitiki emanzini. Lolu cwaningo luthe ngo-2050, ngesisindo, kuzoba nepulasitiki eningi olwandle kunezinhlanzi.
Ngemva kokuhlaselwa okunzima yiziphathimandla zikahulumeni kusukela eCalifornia kuya eShayina, abahlaziyi bamasheya babala ukusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki njengenye yezinsongo ezinkulu ezibhekene nezinkampani zezimpahla ezipakishiwe. Izinkampani ezihlanganisa i-Coca-Cola kanye ne-Anheuser-Busch InBev zikhulume ngokushintsha kusuka epulasitikini kuya ephepheni emibikweni yazo yokusimama kwabatshalizimali kanye nezinkampani zangaphandle ezibala amaphuzu e-ESG ezinkampani.
“Kuzosithatha unyaka wonke ukusebenzisa ipulasitiki eningi njengoba inkampani ehamba phambili yeziphuzo iyisebenzisa emavikini amabili nje,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu sokukhiqiza okusanhlamvu uLe's engqungqutheleni yokutshalwa kwezimali ekuqaleni konyaka odlule. Ukuzigqaja, ngoba abaphathi benkampani yeziphuzo balinde ukuthengisela izilaleli ezifanayo.
Ngo-2019, abaphathi beGraphic bamemezele izinhlelo zokuthatha isabelo semakethe kumapulasitiki nokwakha umshini wekhadibhodi osetshenziswe kabusha othuthuke kakhulu eKalamazoo. “Ngeke uzibone iziqhingi zephepha zintanta olwandle,” kusho uJoyost, inhloko yeGraphic yaseMelika, emhlanganweni nabahlaziyi besitokwe.
Kodwa-ke, noma ngabe inani elikhulu lezinkampani lithembisa ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi nokunciphisa imfucuza, kunzima ukuthi izimboni ezintsha zithengise. Lokhu kuyindleko enkulu, futhi kuzothatha iminyaka emibili ukuyiqalisa ukusebenza nokwenza imali. Enkathini lapho isilinganiso sesikhathi sokubamba amasheya sibalwa ngezinyanga, iminyaka emibili isikhathi eside kubatshalizimali.
I-CEO ye-Graphic uMichael Doss (uMichael Doss) walungiselela ibhodi ukuze lilwe. "Akuwona wonke umuntu ozokuthanda lokhu," ekhumbula. "Imboni yethu inomlando wokwanda ngokweqile kanye nokwabiwa kwemali okungekuhle."
Ekuqaleni iGraphic yayiyisigaba seCoors Brewing Co., eColorado, futhi amabhokisi akhiqizwa yile nkampani ayengeke angene emanzini ngamaloli aqandisiwe. Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1990, iCoors yahlukanisa ibhizinisi layo lamabhokisi yaba yinkampani yomphakathi ezimele. Ukuthengwa okulandelayo kwanika iGraphic isikhundla esibalulekile ebhandeni likaphayini eliseningizimu, lapho ifektri yayo yenza khona amakhadibhodi ngemfucuza yesitsha sokhuni nezihlahla ezazingafaneleki ukhuni.
I-Graphic inama-patents angaba ngu-2,400 futhi inezicelo ezingaphezu kuka-500 ezisalindile zokuvikela imiklamo yayo yokupakisha kanye nemishini efakwe emigqeni yokukhiqiza yamakhasimende ukuze igcwalise futhi igoqe amabhokisi.
Abaphathi bayo bathi ukugxila kwamanje kocwaningo nentuthuko ukwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwekhadibhodi kusukela emashalofini okudla kuya ezitolo zokudla, imikhiqizo yezolimo kanye nama-cooler kabhiya. “Sihlasela noma yimiphi imikhiqizo yepulasitiki,” kusho uMatt Kearns, umklami wokupakisha weGraphic.
Kodwa-ke, ipulasitiki ishibhile kunekhadibhodi. Intuthuko ekupakisheni amaphepha, njengezinkomishi ezifakwa umquba, ingandisa izindleko. Abakhiqizi bamabhodi ephepha bakhuphule amanani izikhathi eziningana ngonyaka odlule ukuze balungise izindleko zabo ezikhulayo. U-Adam Josephson, umhlaziyi wephepha nokupakisha e-KeyBanc Capital Markets, uthe abanye abathengi bahlola ezinye izindlela ezishibhile kunekhadibhodi.
“Ingabe izinkampani ezifana neGraphic zingathengisa imikhiqizo eminingi uma izindleko ziphezulu kakhulu kunemikhiqizo eseziyithengisa kakade?” kubuza uMnu. Josephson. “Lokhu kuyinkinga enkulu.”
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Kwezinye izinkampani, okuluhlaza kusho ukusebenzisa ipulasitiki eningi. Ukupakisha kwepulasitiki kulula kunamabhokisi, okusho ukuthi kushiswa uphethiloli omncane ngesikhathi sokuthuthwa. Izinga lokuphinda kusetshenziswe kwepulasitiki liphansi kakhulu, kodwa kuyafana nangezinkomishi zephepha nezitsha zokuthatha ukudla, ezenziwe ngephepha kodwa futhi ezifaka i-polyethylene. Inqubo yezimboni iyadingeka ukuze kususwe i-pulp engasetshenziswa kabusha.
I-Wendy's Co. ithe izindawo zayo zokudlela zizolahla izinkomishi zephepha ezifakwe ipulasitiki ngonyaka ozayo bese zifakwa ipulasitiki ecacile, futhi yathi abathengi abaningi bazokwazi ukuphinda basebenzise. “Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi ipulasitiki ibhekwa kanjani njengethuba lemvelo kunokuba umthwalo,” kusho uTom Salmon, i-CEO ye-Berry Global Group Inc., eyenza izinkomishi nge-0.66% ye-Berry.
Iphepha alinawo umthelela omncane wekhabhoni ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ukwenza amakhadibhodi kudla ugesi namanzi, futhi kukhiqiza amagesi okushisa umhlaba.
Omunye wemikhiqizo emisha ethembisa kakhulu yeGraphic yiKeelClip. Ijoka lekhadibhodi ligoqwe phezu kwebhodlela futhi linezimbobo zeminwe. Lithatha indawo ngokushesha yokupakisha kwepulasitiki kanye nezindandatho ezinezingcezu eziyisithupha emashalofini eziphuzo aseYurophu. AmaKeelClips kulula ukuwasebenzisa kabusha njengamabhokisi okusanhlamvu. IGraphic ithi umthelela wawo wekhabhoni uyingxenye nje yokupakisha okuncishisiwe, okuyindlela evamile yokupakisha ubhiya eYurophu.
I-Graphic ilethe i-KeelClip e-United States, lapho kwadingeka ibhekane khona nomjikelezo wepulasitiki ogcwele izingcezu eziyisithupha. Le ndandatho yezingcezu eziyisithupha ishibhile futhi ilula njengophaphe, yize ibilokhu iphila njengophawu lokuhlukunyezwa kwemvelo ngabantu amashumi eminyaka. Izizukulwane zezingane zesikole zaseMelika zibone izithombe zezilwane zasendle ezivalelekile.
I-KeelClip ayidingi ukusebenzisa amaphakheji amaningi epulasitiki ngesikhathi sokuthuthwa, futhi akunakwenzeka ukuthi ivimbe umlomo wehlengethwa. Kodwa-ke, i-Graphic ithe i-carbon footprint ye-KeelClip—inani lokukhishwa kwegesi okukhiqizwayo esinyathelweni ngasinye sokukhiqizwa kwayo nokusatshalaliswa kwayo—iphakeme kancane kuneyendandatho enezingcezu eziyisithupha.
Ngokusho kukaSphera, inkampani yokubonisana ye-ESG eqashwe yiGraphic ukuhlaziya ukupakisha, i-KeelClip ngayinye ikhiqiza amagremu angu-19.32 e-carbon dioxide, kanti indandatho yepulasitiki ingu-18.96 amagremu.
I-Graphic ithe isebenza kanzima ukuxazulula le nkinga. I-DiamondClip, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-EnviroClip, isathuthukiswa. Le nkampani ithe inamandla ngokwanele ukubamba ubhiya obuyisithupha obujulukayo, kodwa ilula ngokwanele ukuba ne-carbon footprint yengxenye yendandatho yepulasitiki kuphela.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Jan-05-2022