4Sight 2030目标
我们承诺减少能源消耗, 水, 碳, and waste across all of our production facilities, 在世界范围内.
Simplot的4Sight 2030目标
在Simplot, 我们是这片土地真正的管家, 空中和海上, 驱动提供更充足, 用更少的资源吃更健康的食物. Since we have all components of the agricultural value chain, we can tackle agricultural sustainability issues like nobody else, and that’s the approach we’re taking with our new sustainability goals.
能源
每吨产品减少15%的能源消耗
水
Reduce fresh水 intake 15% per ton of product
碳
Reduce 碳 emissions by 20% per ton of product
浪费
Zero waste to landfill in our food processing 植物s
Improving Operational Efficiencies-Today, and in the Future
J.R. Simplot公司 has specific and measurable sustainability goals. 的se operational goals are aimed at major reductions in energy, 水, 到2030年碳和废物排放. Having a dedicated plan enables us to more accurately map our future and track our progress, both globally and within every country in which we operate.
能源
我们的 goal: We reduced energy use over 20% per ton of product during the past 10 years, and we intend to reduce energy use an additional 15% per ton of product by 2030.
Power 我们的 箴duction Sites with Renewable 能源
Simplot scientists and engineers are using anaerobic digesters to convert waste into gas that can be used to reduce our waste and energy consumption. Anaerobic digestion uses bacteria to consume waste product and create methane, a core component of natural gas and other fuels.
回收热量，将其转化为可再生能源
Simplot在塔斯马尼亚的Ulverstone站点, Australia installed a 500-kW heat exchanger in 2018 that recovers heat from the refrigeration system and uses it to pre-heat boiler feed水. This system makes use of recovered heat that previously would have been vented to the atmosphere, 但现在为我们节省了大约16,每年生产10亿焦耳的天然气.
Similar principles are applied at our fertilizer manufacturing sites, as we reduce energy consumption through heat recovery. 的 heat generated by chemical reactions at our facilities is captured and used as an energy source.
Achieve and Sustain ENERGY STAR Excellence in 食物 箴cessing and 制造业
Simplot是能源之星工业合作伙伴. 美国所有的简易食品加工厂.S. and 加拿大 have earned ENERGY STAR Certification, an annual award given to facilities that perform in the top 25% for energy efficiency among similar facilities in its industry. 我们的 Portage La Prairie facility in 加拿大 has met the energy criteria for 10 consecutive years, officially earning ENERGY STAR recognition in 2019 when the program extended into 加拿大.
In 2019, Simplot’s Helm 植物 in California became one of the first nitrous fertilizer 植物s to receive ENERGY STAR certification. This pioneering accomplishment was repeated in 2020, when the Helm 植物 was certified for a second consecutive year.
水
我们的 goal: Reduce fresh水 intake 15% per ton of product.
Address Historic Impacts with Advanced 水 Treatment
Precipitation infiltrating through overburden disposal areas (ODAs) constructed by historical mining in the 1980’s and 90’s at the Smoky Canyon Mine has mobilized selenium into the ground水. Ground水 discharge at Hoopes Spring and South Fork Sage Creek Springs contribute selenium to downgradient streams. Simplot constructed a pilot 水 treatment 植物 (WTP) utilizing both physical and biological technologies to treat the impacted spring 水. This unique and innovative treatment process uses two technologies. ultra-filtration (UF)/reverse osmosis(RO) membranes concentrate the selenium from the 水; then a fluidized bed bioreactor (FBR) use specialized bacteria to reduce and precipitate selenium from 水. 然后将硒作为固体除去. Simplot’s 水 treatment 植物 began operating at a 1,700 to 2,2017年12月，每分钟1000加仑. 的 treatment facility removes approximately 80-90% of the selenium from a portion of the spring 水.
Reclaim and Recycle 水 for a 50% Conservation Rate
Simplot最先进的, LEED Gold Certified potato processing 植物 in Caldwell, 爱达荷州, saves energy and 水 while increasing production. 在众多创新中, the 植物 utilizes a reverse osmosis 水 filtration system that can filter and recycle up to 1 million gallons per day. 这减少了近50%的淡水使用量, saving about 30 million gallons of 水 per month, 剩下的大部分, nutrient-rich 水 applied to surrounding crops.
碳
我们的 goal: Reduce 碳 emissions by 20% per ton of product by lowering emissions from our production facilities.
Adopt Next-Generation Technology for Freezer Storage
Simplot recently invested in a new high-bay freezer for improved energy efficiency at our Caldwell, 爱达荷州, 植物. 的 building design minimizes energy loss and allows for a smaller refrigeration system that uses less energy but still maintains the freezer at -5°F. 的 freezer also enabled Simplot to consolidate a variety of storage locations on site, helping reduce our transportation footprint and greenhouse gas emissions from trucking. 的 project also included efficient lighting, heat pumps and reflective roof coating. 总的来说，这些改进将节省超过6.5 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year – enough to power more than 545 average-sized homes for one year. Two of our other potato production facilities employ similar new high-bay freezers.
Put Sustainable Fuels to Work for Potato 箴cessing
Simplot has several projects in the works that use sustainable fuels. 例如, Simplot’s Moses Lake Plant features a state-of-the-art boiler designed to burn three different fuels: natural gas, 氢气和沼气. Hydrogen burns clean and has zero 碳 emissions from combustion. Simplot also has several operations across the country that capture biogas from anaerobic digesters. Biogas is a renewable resource generated onsite from the anaerobic digestion of potato waste that can be used as a sustainable fuel, allowing Simplot to eliminate waste and reduce energy consumption. 通过燃烧沼气和氢气, the site reduces its 碳 footprint and natural resource consumption compared to burning only natural gas.
浪费
我们的 goal: Zero waste to landfill for our food processing 植物s, 在世界范围内.
培养堆肥
After a successful six-month composting pilot program, Simplot constructed a new advanced composting facility in Portage La Prairie, 加拿大. 的 植物 was designed to compost a variety of processing waste including wet waste, 剔除土豆和土壤残渣. 截至2020年, 这家工厂已经堆肥了,384吨废物, and is able to compost materials that would otherwise have been sent to landfills. Its closed-loop design allows the facility to limit any nutrient-rich leachate runoff into the environment by capturing it in holding cells and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. 的 runoff is re-incorporated into the composting process to maintain optimal moisture levels within the compost windrows.
减少食物浪费
Simplot remains active in finding new solutions for reducing waste. This includes removing nutrient rich food solids from potatoes and repurposing it for food ingredients or cattle feed. 我们还重新利用了另一种废物, 活性有机固体残, to enrich livestock feed and as a soil amendment. 的se biosolids management practices divert over 15,000 tons of waste from landfills each year. 除了, Simplot developed a new variety of potato for the fresh market that helps reduce food waste. 的 先天®土豆 更不容易出现瘀伤和斑点, so farmers can bring more of their crop to market and table with less waste due to damage or imperfections.
