When the global "zero carbon" storm hits, how can small and medium-sized enterprises break into the sustainable green supply chain?

https://www.businessweekly.com.tw/business/indep/1002184

Release time: 2023/11/28 18:25:59

The young and dynamic Youngray Industrial team uses the DGM (Don't Go To Mars) brand to do its best to protect the earth. 2022.02.24

The European Union announced in July 2021 that SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) made from waste cooking oil will increase from the current 2% to 63%, and will reach this target by 2050. In addition, Japan Airlines Then it teamed up with Itochu Corporation and began to vigorously deploy the recycling of SAF’s key raw materials: waste cooking oil to prepare for the coming carbon storm. The aviation industry has sensed the importance of waste cooking oil to the trend of carbon reduction. In the future, all industries other than the aviation industry will have the opportunity to use low-carbon industrial raw materials derived from waste cooking oil to ride on the global green supply chain to weather the crisis. The coming carbon storm.

The challenge of net-zero carbon emission renewable energy has become a new global focus

Starting in 2023, the European Union will also implement a carbon tax and carbon border adjustment mechanism, which will directly impact the global supply chain layout. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that a total of 288 companies in Taiwan will be affected by the carbon border adjustment mechanism in their operations in 2022. According to the Legislative Yuan’s research and analysis on actively promoting corporate carbon reduction, 78% of multinational companies are considering stopping cooperation with suppliers who cannot cooperate with the company’s carbon reduction transformation before 2025. At this point, countless small and medium-sized enterprises in Taiwan are waiting for the best solution to carbon reduction actions.

In recent years, Finland's NESTE OIL has transformed and focused on the operation of renewable fuels related to waste cooking oil, and has become one of the world's largest SAF suppliers. In addition to providing SAF to Dutch Airlines, it also cooperates with the Boston Consulting Group BCG through The SAF purchase agreement reduces GHG emissions from BCG's voyages, and is the first milestone in NESTE's agreement to provide enterprise-level customers with SAF to offset emissions.

The first company in Taiwan to obtain ISCC certification and pioneer the diversified applications of waste cooking oil

Youngray Industrial has been in the field of waste cooking oil recycling and high-value processing for many years. Its customers include many well-known international oil companies, such as Shell, NESTE, etc. In 2013, it became the first company in Taiwan to obtain the EU ISCC (International Sustainable Development and Carbon Verification, International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) certification company, and will become a speaking member of the EU ISCC in 2021. In recent years, waste cooking oil has been processed into low-carbon industrial oil, so that low-carbon raw materials are not only used in alternative energy, but also have the opportunity to be widely used in various industries such as steel, panels, printing and coatings in the future, making it a variety of low-carbon products. Raw materials for carbon industrial oils (such as: lubricating oil, cooling and rolling oil, cutting oil, insulating oil, hydraulic oil, conductive ink, coating ink and cleaning surfactant... etc.).

Intelligent management directly addresses the supply-side and demand-side problems to amplify the best cycle benefits

In view of the fact that the development of SAF or renewable energy requires stable and high-quality low-carbon raw materials and supply chain management models, Youngray, which has long been committed to promoting circular economy and developing key technologies, further develops intelligent waste cooking oil recycling technology. Launched the AIOT intelligent waste cooking oil recycling machine that is 100% manufactured by MIT and has invention patents in more than 40 countries around the world. In the future, this intelligent machine will be deployed everywhere in Taiwan, and through cooperation with various recycling companies in Taiwan, Taiwan The low-carbon, low-cost intelligent recycling model has become the focus of global attention.

Lin Xiu'an, founder of Youngray, said, "A few years ago, Youngray has been transformed and upgraded into a green energy technology enterprise that uses intelligent methods to recycle and produce low-carbon industrial oil. In the past, traditional recycling methods wasted a lot of manpower and Cost, and high carbon emissions, we hope to create more business niches through disruptive innovation." He further added the aspects that stakeholders of waste cooking oil are most concerned about:

1. The European Union and various countries: tracing production history

In the past, Taiwan's black-hearted oil food safety scandal spread. In the EU, biodiesel operators were sued for using waste cooking oil from unknown sources to defraud government subsidies. According to the European Union Agriculture Agency, 68% of the EU's waste cooking oil is imported, 75% of which comes from Asia. Tracing the origin of these imported waste cooking oil is the most difficult. As for the intelligent machine oil collection model developed by Youngray, every drop of oil is recorded with a real-name computer and camera lens. In the future, system login permissions will be opened, which can be used by the EU and national government environmental protection authorities to clearly query and analyze big data as a net-zero carbon Reference basis for emission subsidy policies and carbon rights charges.

2. Buyers from various countries (oil companies or SAF manufacturers): quality, delivery time and quantity

Youngray has transformed into a professional processing organization in recent years, with the purpose of providing SAF raw materials of various specifications to different buyers. The delivery date and quantity of the order can be controlled through smart machines and blockchain technology, allowing buyers to control the "growth" and "collection" of waste cooking oil at any time, so as to accurately control the production schedule after ordering.

3. Collectors from various countries: reducing recycling costs and carbon emissions

Using a proactive mobile phone APP, coupled with an intelligent notification system when the machine is 90% full, and one-stop services such as rapid recycling of waste cooking oil at night, the traditional headless recycling model can be eliminated and agreements with stores can be reduced. During recycling, there are issues such as the time cost and fuel consumption wasted. It is estimated that innovative recycling models not only reduce recycling costs but also effectively reduce carbon emissions compared with traditional recycling.

4. Suppliers of waste cooking oil (hotels, fast food chains, restaurants, night markets, vendors): information on the highest price rebates and prevention of occupational accidents

The easy, transparent and instant rebate price can make oil suppliers willing to frequently replace new oil, frying food will be fresher, and consumers will eat with more peace of mind. In the future, through the "One touch key recycling function", kitchen staff can quickly and safely pump high-temperature frying oil into the smart machine, completely avoiding unnecessary burns and splash accidents.

Youngray Industrial DGM intelligent waste cooking oil recycling machine is used in Tainan Garden Night Market.

Breaking through financial constraints and helping Taiwan’s small and medium-sized enterprises join the sustainability train

"Facing the challenges of carbon tariffs or sustainable operations, this will be a group war strategy. The global supply chain will be changed in the future. If Taiwan does not transform at this time, it will disappear from the global supply chain." Lin Xiuan emphasized, " Up to 80% of the world are small and medium-sized enterprises, which have financial restrictions on low-carbon investment. Cooperating with Youngray, they can enter the international sustainable supply chain at a lower cost; even if they are not targeting the international market, they can also become one of the companies specializing in exporting. Suppliers of major manufacturers.” Youngray always opens its hands and warmly welcomes recycling operators from all over Taiwan and even the world to work together to maximize the benefits of waste cooking oil. The above is just a starting point for Youngray to promote circular economy. In the future, Youngray will launch a sustainable transformation plan. draw, and cooperate with more global benchmark companies to respond to the new era of green sustainability.

Using intelligent management, Youngray allows recycling personnel to efficiently perform waste oil recycling tasks, reducing unnecessary vehicle return costs and carbon emissions.

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