Port industry to participate in joint environmental initiative
Port employees around the world enthusiastically contributed their time and effort to a joint environmental initiative of a week-long campaign which focused on three main themes: reuse and recycle, climate change and the community.This initiative launched by marine terminal operators DP World, Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH), APM Terminals, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) and joined by the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA).The campaign identified local partners in the effort to improve the environment, while creating and upgrading local green spaces, launching educational programmes and community engagement.Employees across the world took part in a wide range of events from a cycling marathon, public square beautification and tree planting in Sokhna, Egypt and Karachi, Pakistan, alongside beach clean-up drives in Chennai, India, a ‘Green Race’ in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the recycling of old drums and tires into planter pots in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.HPH business units around the world organised a wide variety of GO GREEN activities with a particular focus on tree planting. Many of the events were designed to benefit the local communities in which HPH operates in a number of ways. For example, some of the tree-planting activities were held in conjunction with local schools where HPH organised ...
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