Ekugubheni uSuku Lomhlaba namuhla, i-Delta ivala ukukhishwa kwakho konke ukuvakasha kwasekhaya nokuvakasha kwebhizinisi ukuya nokuphuma e-New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Raleigh-Durham nase-Atlanta kumakhasimende angaphezu kuka-300,000 ezweni lonke.
Ukusikwa kwephepha lembewu elitshalwayo okumise okwezindiza kuzosatshalaliswa kulezi zindiza ezikhethiwe ukuze kwaziwe amakhasimende ukuthi umthelela wendawo wendiza yawo ususiwe futhi awakhuthaze ukuthi asuse uhambo olwengeziwe ku-delta.com/co2. Uma isitshaliwe, le ndiza yephepha ekhethekile izohluma izimbali zasendle ezingahlaseli.
"I-Delta ihole imboni yezindiza zase-US ngokwethula uhlelo lokuqala lwe-carbon offset ngo-2007, okwenza kube lula kumakhasimende ukunciphisa umthelela wendawo yokuhamba kwabo," kusho uJohn Laughter, iPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu - Ukuphepha Kwebhizinisi, Ukuvikeleka Nokuthobela. "I-Delta futhi ukuphela kwenkampani yezindiza enkulu ekwazi ukuvala ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngokuzithandela emazingeni ka-2012 ngokuthenga ama-carbon offsets."
Kusukela ngo-2013, i-Delta ithenge ngokuzithandela ama-carbon offsets angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-12, okulingana nokuphuma kwegesi ephuma ezimotweni eziyizigidi ezingu-1.7 noma ukusetshenziswa kukagesi unyaka owodwa cishe ezindlini eziyizigidi ezi-2. Lokhu kungaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye inkampani yezindiza yase-US. Namuhla kuphela, i-Delta izothenga ama-carbon offset acishe abe ngu-50,000. Ukubeka lokhu ngombono, ama-offsets angu-50,000 azolingana negesi eliphuma ezimotweni ezingaphezu kuka-10,000 ezishayelwa unyaka owodwa.
I-Delta's carbon offsets ukuze kuzuze iphrojekthi ye-Conservation Coast eGuatemala
Konke ukuthengwa kwe-Delta okuyi-offset namuhla kuzozuzisa iphrojekthi ye-Conservation Coast offset, ehlinzeka ngokuvikelwa kwemvelo ekugawulweni kwamahlathi kanye namathuba okuziphilisa esimeme emiphakathini yaseGuatemala. Lezi zindlela zizosiza ukulondoloza izinhlobo zezinyoni ezingaphezu kuka-400 namahektha angu-54,000 amahlathi emvula asengozini asogwini lwase-Caribbean eGuatemala.
Iphrojekthi ye-Conservation Coast iphinde yeseke izimpilo ezisimeme emiphakathini yasendaweni ngokufundisa izinto ezifana nezinqubo zezolimo ezikwazi umnotho kanye nezisimeme emvelweni ezisebenza nemvelo kunokuba ziphikisana nayo. Kuze kube manje, imisebenzi engaphezu kuka-700 isekelwa yilolu hlelo, amaphesenti angama-30 ayo aphethwe ngabesifazane.
“KwaDelta, sikholelwa ukuthi ukuxhumanisa umhlaba kuqala ngokuwunakekela,” kusho uLaughter. "Amaphrojekthi we-offset esiwasekelayo aphelele, adlulela ngalé kokubhekana nomthelela wokuhambela imvelo ukuze kuhlinzekwe izinsiza, ukuhlomisa amandla kanye namathuba ezezimali emiphakathini enganakiwe njengaleyo ebambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi ye-Conservation Coast."
I-Offsetting iyathengeka. Ithikithi lokuya nokubuya elisuka e-Atlanta liya eNew York likhipha amathani angu-0.28 metric we-CO2, angahle asuswe ngemali engaphansi kuka-$5.
Le mizamo yokunciphisa nokunye yingakho iDelta yahlonishwa ngendondo ye-Vision For America yi-Keep America Beautiful ngo-2017, ehlonishwe nge-Superhero Corporate Award kaCaptain Planet Foundation ngo-2018, eqanjwe ku-FTSE4Good Index iminyaka emine ilandelana, efakwe ku-Dow Jones Sustainability North. I-America Index iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ilandelana, inikezwe igama elihloniphekile kuma-Fast Company's 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards futhi yaqamba enye yezinkampani ezizime kakhulu zaseMelika eziyi-100 ngokocwaningo olujulile lukaBarron.
