Metalube 的可持续发展之路

导言

At Metalube, we have always thrived by thinking ahead. Thinking ahead means being aware of our environmental impact and exploring how, as a company, we can ensure that our products are created and produced sustainably. It also means making sure that, as a business, Metalube is doing its part to minimise our environmental footprint.

润滑油制造能否可持续发展?

Given the nature of the manufacturing industry, it’s common to wonder how an industrial lubricants manufacturer can achieve sustainability.

在 Metalube 集团,我们将绿色能源、可持续发展实践和通过绿色倡议回馈抵消相结合,创建一个更具生态意识的企业。

Thanks to this blend of sustainable efforts, Metalube Group has achieved a Gold EcoVadis business rating, making us one of the industry leaders in sustainable practices within the metal lubricants sector.

我们为什么选择可持续发展?

工业制造行业并不总是众所周知的最可持续发展的行业,因此 Metalube 希望以不同的方式开展工作。

As a company, we understand that in a more socially conscious and environmentally aware landscape, people expect more from their suppliers, asking them to uphold greener standards and more eco-friendly practices within their business. It’s up to us as a company to make the change that we want to see within the industry.

That may start with us, but that doesn’t mean it has to end with us. Metalube are looking to lead a new era of sustainable lubricants manufacturing within the industry. We hope that this new way of manufacturing will be followed and become the standard by which the industry moves, as we work together to achieve a greener future for the entire planet.

改变我们创造和开发工业产品的方式是可能的,我们有信心共同实现可持续发展工业的承诺。

美泰樂公司的使命是實現生態友好型未來,我們認識到綠色能源的潛力,並明白採用更環保的做法可以提高效率,同時也是對公司未來的一項寶貴投資。这些做法既符合成本效益,又代表了 Metalube 作为一家企业所迈出的积极一步。拯救地球和提高效率并不一定是两个不同的目标!

投资绿色能源

As a forward-thinking business, Metalube knows and understands the importance of adopting green energy options and looking to replace less sustainable practices with green ones where it is possible to make the change within our own business. We have achieved this across the company in several key ways.

电动叉车  

Looking to move away from gas and fuel in our manufacturing and packing processes was a key area for us to make a positive green energy change.

We have achieved this by upgrading our entire fleet of fuel-powered forklifts within our manufacturing yard in Manchester, UK, to electric battery-powered vehicles.

通过这一改变,我们大大减少了储存/包装过程中的废气排放,同时每年还可减少 850 万英镑的天然气费用。

This ensures that our storing and transporting process can be environmentally friendly and conscious without affecting the efficiency of our production as a result.

太阳能电池板屋顶 

迈泰鲁博开始可持续发展之旅的关键任务之一,就是向更可持续的绿色能源供应迈进。

In 2022, and again in 2023, we installed over 500 250 kW Solar Panels at our manufacturing plants here in Manchester, England.

Using solar energy has greatly reduced Metalube’s reliance on utilising energy from the grid and allowed us to incorporate our own green energy supply into our manufacturing.

Through the use of our on-site solar panels, Metalube were able to go completely off-grid for two hours in 2023, a positive sign of where we hope to move towards as we continue to refine our green energy usage.

节能加热炉 

Ensuring that the heating and creation of our lubricants is as efficient as possible, we installed state-of-the-art, energy-efficient heating ovens in our factories.

This addition has reduced our energy consumption by an incredible 80% when heating and producing our lubricants. An incredible result when looking to create our products more efficiently and sustainably.

A further way we have refined our processes and incorporated eco-friendly ingenuity to achieve our efficiency-first approach to manufacturing.

可持续的做法

在生产和制造润滑油的过程中,我们还采用了绿色能源。

Metalube 还在产品的包装、开发、储存和运输方面投资了一些可持续发展的商业实践和方案。 

这些可持续发展的做法结合在一起,形成了一个完整的业务流程,确保从我们内部实验室的技术构思到我们产品的全球运输和出口,每一个环节的设计都考虑到可持续发展。

回收和再利用 

美泰乐包装回收我们生产工厂使用的所有空桶和中型散货箱,确保我们的产品储存有助于有效的现场可持续生产生态系统。 

替代基础油 

在生产润滑油和润滑脂时,我们尽可能在配方中使用棕榈油等替代性环保基础油。这确保我们能够生产出最环保的产品。

这使我们能够创造出许多环保产品和系列。

回收的安全材料 

我们所有的安全材料,如托盘和收缩膜,都是用回收材料制成的,确保在运输货物和产品的过程中不再产生废物。

这确保了我们向全球市场采购和出口产品时的环保意识。 

可生物降解 

我们的环保产品采用可生物降解和可持续的复合酯制造。它是矿物油的替代品,更加环保,而且可以降解,确保不会造成更多的化学废物。 

对所有供应商进行 ISO 认证 

作为一家负责任的制造商,我们希望确保与我们合作的供应商和企业也能意识到他们的碳足迹,并采用最具可持续性的工艺。

因此,美泰乐公司要求所有供应商都必须通过 ISO 认证才能与我们开展业务。这确保了我们与那些与我们有着共同愿景的企业合作,以实现更可持续的行业发展。

未来技术 

我们拥有自己的实验室和技术团队,不断开发更环保、危害更小的新产品,将革命性的技术推向前台,在行业内持续创新。

我们在英国有超过 20% 的员工专门从事可持续产品和提高现有产品效率的工作。这确保了我们在新的可持续技术和创新方面处于领先地位。

倡导可持续发展的工业

Metalube 作为推动可持续发展行业的先行者和创新者,为我们提供了一个倡导更具生态意识的行业的平台。

Metalube 的总经理 Robert Brown 已成为行业内可持续发展运动的关键人物。2024 年,他荣幸地受邀在两个重要会议上发言:在伯明翰举行的 IWMA "能源创新 "会议和 CIGRE 会议,强调 Metalube 在可持续生产中的先锋作用,以及使用专用润滑脂延长铝制架空导线使用寿命的意义。

由国际线缆与机械协会(IWMA)组织的 "能源创新 "大会为实现2050年净零排放目标提供了一个平台。罗伯特-布朗的参与凸显了 Metalube 在英国线材和润滑油制造商中的领先地位。他在讨论行业内日益增长的生态友好运动时强调了 Metalube 的生态之旅,以及该公司如何简化生产流程以提高能源效率。

绿色倡议和社区工作

虽然我们知道大局观很重要,但对我们来说,深入基层、亲力亲为也很重要。

通过我们的绿色倡议,我们有幸置身其中,在约克郡山谷植树造林,帮助抵消我们的能源消耗,并回馈子孙后代。

We have also worked with the World Land Trust (WLT) to further our green cover and offset our carbon emissions by planting trees around the world.

回馈当地 

除了我们的绿色倡议,我们还深知为当地提供帮助的重要性,并确保我们为社区留下积极的影响。

通过与索尔福德妇女援助组织(Salford Woman's Aid)和伊拉姆食品银行(Irlam Food Bank)等当地慈善机构合作,我们得以帮助当地社区中需要帮助的人筹集资金、购买礼物并粉刷一两处栅栏。

2023 年,美泰乐倍感荣幸地成为了 索尔福德商业奖 for sustainability. It was great to be recognised in our local area as a forward-thinking, eco-conscious business and marks a strong milestone for our eco aspirations (we’re coming for that top spot soon enough!)

我们该何去何从?

虽然我们已经在可持续发展的道路上迈出了令人难以置信的步伐,但我们知道,我们的可持续发展之路才刚刚开始!

随着我们不断采用新技术,采取更多可持续发展的做法,并协助开展更多绿色倡议,我们认为绿色制造工艺是有可能实现的。

自 2018 年开始绿色之旅以来,我们已经取得了远远超出我们想象的成就。很显然,这对我们来说仅仅是个开始,我们丝毫没有放慢脚步的迹象。

我们相信,在我们的行业中,生态友好是可以实现的,我们很高兴能够引领这个可持续发展的未来。

在我们继续倡导行业变革的同时,我们希望将我们所学到和采用的一切,传递给整个行业。我们的目标是推动行业朝着更好、更可持续的方向发展。 

要实现变革,还有很多工作要做,但我们相信,只要我们齐心协力,就一定能实现这一目标。

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