Hoʻopau ʻo Delta Air Lines i ka nui o ke kūpona ʻana o ke kalapona ma luna o 300K mau mea kūʻai aku i ka Lā Honua

I ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka Lā Honua i kēia lā, ke hoʻopau nei ʻo Delta i nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana o nā leʻaleʻa home āpau a me nā huakaʻi ʻoihana i loko a i waho o New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Raleigh-Durham a me Atlanta no nā mea kūʻai aku 300,000 a puni ka ʻāina.

E māhele ʻia nā ʻoki pepa hua kanu e like me nā mokulele ma kēia mau huakaʻi i koho ʻia e hōʻike i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o kā lākou lele ʻana ua hoʻopau ʻia a hoʻoikaika iā lākou e hoʻopau i nā huakaʻi hou aku ma delta.com/co2. Ke kanu ʻia, e ulu ana kēia mokulele pepa kūikawā i nā pua ʻāhiu ʻole.

"Ua alakaʻi ʻo Delta i ka ʻoihana mokulele US ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka papahana carbon offset mua ma 2007, e maʻalahi ai nā mea kūʻai aku e hōʻemi i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o kā lākou huakaʻi," wahi a John Laughter, Hope Pelekikena Nui - Corporate Safety, Security and Compliance. "ʻO Delta wale nō ka mokulele nui e hoʻopaʻa manawaleʻa i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona i nā pae 2012 ma ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻāpana kalapona."

Mai ka makahiki 2013, ua kūʻai manawaleʻa ʻo Delta ma luna o 12 miliona carbon offsets, e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai 1.7 miliona mau kaʻa a i ʻole hoʻohana uila no hoʻokahi makahiki ma kahi kokoke i 2 miliona mau hale. ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o nā mokulele US ʻē aʻe. I kēia lā wale nō, kūʻai ʻo Delta ma kahi o 50,000 carbon offsets. No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kēia, 50,000 offsets e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai nā kaʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 10,000 i hoʻokele ʻia no hoʻokahi makahiki.

Hoʻopau ka carbon offsets o Delta i mea e pono ai ka papahana Conservation Coast ma Guatemala

ʻO kēlā me kēia offset Delta kūʻai i kēia lā e pōmaikaʻi i ka papahana Conservation Coast offset, e hāʻawi ana i ka palekana o ke kaiapuni mai ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ululāʻau a me nā manawa ola hoʻomau no nā kaiāulu ma Guatemala. E kōkua ana kēia mau ʻāpana i ka mālama ʻana ma luna o 400 mau ʻano manu a me 54,000 ʻeka o nā wao ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ma ke kahakai ʻo Karipiano o Guatemala.

Kākoʻo pū ka papahana Conservation Coast i ka nohona ola mau i loko o nā kaiāulu kūloko ma o ke aʻo ʻana i nā mea e like me nā hana mahiʻai kūpono i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ke kaiapuni e hana pū ana me ke kaiapuni ma mua o ka kūʻē ʻana. I kēia lā, ʻoi aku ma mua o 700 mau hana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka papahana, ʻo 30 pakeneka o ia mau mea e paʻa ʻia e nā wahine.

"Ma Delta, manaʻo mākou e hoʻomaka ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka honua me ka mālama ʻana," wahi a Laughter. "ʻO nā papahana offset a mākou e kākoʻo nei he holoʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o ka huakaʻi e hāʻawi i nā kumuwaiwai, hoʻoikaika a me nā manawa kālā i nā kaiāulu ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia e like me ka poʻe i komo i ka papahana Conservation Coast."
Hiki ke kūʻai aku i ka offsetting. ʻO kahi tikiki huakaʻi hele mai Atlanta a hiki i New York e hoʻokuʻu i 0.28 metric tons o CO2, hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia no lalo o $5.

ʻO kēia mau hana hoʻoweliweli a ʻoi aku ke kumu i hoʻohanohano ʻia ai ʻo Delta i ka Vision For America Award e Keep America Beautiful in 2017, i ʻike ʻia me ka Superhero Corporate Award a Kāpena Planet Foundation ma 2018, i kapa ʻia i ka FTSE4Good Index no ʻehā mau makahiki, i komo i ka Dow Jones Sustainability North. ʻO America Index no ʻewalu mau makahiki, hāʻawi ʻia i ka hanohano i ka Fast Company's 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻoihana 100 ʻoi loa o ʻAmelika e like me ka noiʻi hohonu a Barron.