Tag: sustainability

Businesses' failure to manage the earth’s natural resources or “natural capital” has consequences that extend beyond environmental effects. A new report by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has categorized the transportation sector into the 'danger zone' in terms of natural capital risk exposure.

The small island countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States face serious challenges, coupled with low growth, natural disasters, high debt, unsustainable approaches to resource management. Efforts by the World Bank on behalf of the Caribbean’s blue economy have delivered significant results.

In its Sustainability report for 2017, oil major Shell outlined its key activities related to LNG, as part of its overall efforts for a lower-carbon energy system. Shell is the largest LNG marketer of all independent oil and gas companies, selling LNG to around 70 customers in about 25 countries.

Green Marine, the North American environmental certification program for maritime transportation, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Worldwide Network of Port Cities to combine efforts to promote the social acceptability of ports.

The International Association of Ports and Harbors and ICHCA International, the global NGO for cargo handling operations, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the sidelines of the Terminal Operators Conference in Rotterdam, to pursue cooperative projects of mutual interest, with a focus on sustainability.

Dunkerque-Port has received the EcoPorts network's PERS certification, granted by the ESPO. PERS certifications imply that a port is effectively monitoring the environmental challenges and is implementing an improved environmental management. The certification is valid for two years.

Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry announced the opening of the Ocean Innovation Norwegian Catapult Centre, a new centre to focus on development of new solutions for green growth within the ocean industries. The announcement was made on the sidelines of Siva conference in Trondheim on 5 June.

In this video , representatives and experts from the United Nations, the WWF, the World Bank Group and the Coca Cola Company and more comment on the concrete steps we can take towards a sustainable use of the ocean.

UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove will present the plans to create more than 40 new Marine Conservation Zones across the UK. This move aims to protect almost 12,000 square kilometres of marine habitats and marks the most significant expansion of the UK’s 'Blue Belt' of protected areas until today.

WWF released the report "Out of the plastic trap: saving the Mediterranean from plastic pollution." In the report WWF says that plastic represents 95% of the waste floating in the Mediterranean and lying on its beaches, and presents ways to reduce plastic. Excessive plastic use and poor waste management are affecting the Mediterranean.