Ukubhiyozela uMhla woMhlaba namhlanje, iDelta ivala ukukhutshwa kwayo yonke indawo yokuzonwabisa yasekhaya kunye nohambo lweshishini ukuya nokuphuma eNew York, eBoston, eSeattle, eLos Angeles, eRaleigh-Durham naseAtlanta kubathengi abangaphezu kwama-300,000 kwilizwe liphela.
Ukusikwa kwamaphepha embewu atyalwayo amile okweenqwelomoya aya kusasazwa kwezi nqwelomoya zikhethiweyo ukwazisa abathengi ukuba ifuthe lemo engqongileyo yenqwelomoya yabo ilungisiwe kwaye ibakhuthaze ukuba bahlawule uhambo olongezelelweyo kwi-delta.com/co2. Yakube ityaliwe, le nqwelo-moya yephepha ikhethekileyo iya kuntshula iintyatyambo zasendle ezingaphazamisiyo.
"I-Delta iholele imboni ye-aviation yase-US ngokuqalisa inkqubo yokuqala ye-carbon offset kwi-2007, okwenza kube lula kubathengi ukunciphisa impembelelo yokusingqongileyo yokuhamba kwabo," kusho uJohn Laughter, iSekela likaMongameli oPhezulu - uKhuseleko lweNkampani, uKhuseleko kunye nokuThotyelwa. "I-Delta ikwakuphela kwenqwelomoya enkulu enokuthi ngokuzithandela ikhuphe ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kumanqanaba ka-2012 ngokuthenga i-carbon offsets."
Ukususela kwi-2013, i-Delta ithenge ngokuzithandela ngaphezu kwe-12 yezigidi ze-carbon offsets, ezilingana nokukhutshwa kwe-1.7 yezigidi zeemoto okanye ukusetyenziswa kombane kunyaka omnye phantse kwi-2 yezigidi zamakhaya. Oku kungaphezulu kwayo nayiphi na enye inqwelomoya yase-US. Namhlanje iyodwa, iDelta iya kuthenga phantse i-50,000 ye-carbon offsets. Ukubeka oku ngendlela efanelekileyo, i-50,000 offsets iya kulingana nokukhutshwa kweemoto ezingaphezu kwe-10,000 eziqhutywa unyaka omnye.
Ukususwa kwekhabhoni yeDelta ukuze kuxhamle iprojekthi yoLondolozo lweNxweme eGuatemala
Yonke into ethengiweyo yeDelta namhlanje iya kuzuza iprojekthi yeConservation Coast offset, ebonelela ngokhuseleko lokusingqongileyo ekugawulweni kwamahlathi kunye namathuba okuphila azinzileyo kuluntu lwaseGuatemala. Ezi zithintelo ziya kunceda ukulondoloza iindidi zeentaka ezingaphezu kwama-400 kunye neehektare ezingama-54,000 zamahlathi anemvula asesichengeni abekwe ngakunxweme lweCaribbean eGuatemala.
Iprojekthi ye-Conservation Coast ikwaxhasa ubomi obuzinzileyo phakathi koluntu lwasekuhlaleni ngokufundisa izinto ezifana noqoqosho oluzinzileyo kunye neendlela zolimo ezigcinakalayo ngokusingqongileyo ezisebenza ngokusingqongileyo kunokuba zichasene nayo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, imisebenzi engaphezu kwama-700 exhaswayo yile projekthi, i-30 pesenti yayo iphantsi kwabasetyhini.
“EDelta, sikholelwa ukuba ukudibanisa ihlabathi kuqala ngokulikhathalela,” utshilo uLaughter. "Iiprojekthi ze-offset esizixhasayo ziphelele, zihamba ngaphaya kokujongana nefuthe lokusingqongileyo lokuhamba ukubonelela ngezibonelelo, ukuxhotyiswa kunye namathuba emali kuluntu olungagcinwanga njengabo babandakanyekayo kwiprojekthi ye-Conservation Coast."
I-Offsetting iyafikeleleka. Itikiti lokuya nokubuya elisuka e-Atlanta lisiya eNew York likhupha iitoni ze-0.28 zeemetric ze-CO2, ezinokuhlawulelwa ngaphantsi kwe-5 yeedola.
Ezi nzame zokuphelisa kunye nokunye okubangela ukuba iDelta iwongwe ngembasa yeVision For America yiGcina iMelika intle ngo-2017, yamkelwa ngeMbasa yeSuperhero Corporate kaCaptain Planet Foundation ngo-2018, ebizwa ngokuba yiFTSE4Good Index iminyaka emine ilandelelana, ibandakanywe kwiDow Jones Sustainability North. Isalathiso saseMelika iminyaka esibhozo ilandelelana, inikwe ukukhankanywa okubekekileyo kwi-Fast Company's 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards kwaye yabiza enye yeenkampani zaseMelika ezili-100 ezizinzileyo ngokophononongo olunzulu lukaBarron.
