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ESPO initiatives on Sustainable Development
Gun Rudeberg General Counsel and Head of Environmental Affairs, Ports of Stockholm,
Chairman ESPO - Sustainability Development CommitteeBaltic Ports and Environment
December 6, 2010
Regional Benchmark – Baltic portsCurrent SD Committee priorities
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Content
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1. Few words about ESPO
2. ESPO / Ecoports Environmental Review 2009 – Regional benchmark Baltic ports
3. Current priority items within the ESPO SD committee agenda
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ESPO: Main focus on Policy
Founded in 1993 Represents European seaport
authorities (members) Members from EU and
neighboring countries Secretariat in Brussels Recognized counterpart of EU
institutions
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ESPO & the Environment
Preparing recommendations on environmental management
Drafting guidelines on specific issues (nature protection)
Accommodating the exchange of good practices
Raising awareness and disseminating information
Encouraging ports to be proactive in protecting the environment by:
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Environmental Review 2009
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• Synergy ESPO / Ecoports
• Similar exercises 1996, 2004
• National and regional benchmarks*
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Profiles of respondent ports
• 122 ports from 20 European Maritime states
33%
21%16%
14%
11%
5%
Estuary
Engineered coastline
Embayment
River
Marine Inlet
Protected coast
20%
38%
19%
23%
<1 million tonnes
1 - 10 million tonnes
10 - 25 million tonnes
>25 million tonnes
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Top 10 environmental priorities
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Priority issues by size of port
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Priority issues by geography of portPriority issues by geography of port
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Trends over time
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Environmental priorities in Baltic ports
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Contributing ports
• Denmark (16)• Estonia (1)• Finland (5)• Germany (9)• Latvia (1)• Sweden (12)
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Environmental priorities in Baltic ports
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Selected benchmarks of Selected benchmarks of performance – Baltic ports (1)performance – Baltic ports (1)
• 66 % of respondent ports have an environmental policy
• 43% of respondent ports make it available to the public
• 55% of ports aim improve environmental standards beyond those required under legislation
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Selected benchmarks of Selected benchmarks of performance – Baltic ports (2)performance – Baltic ports (2)
• 55% of respondent ports provide environmental information through their website
• 59% of the ports are aware of the services provided by the Ecoports Foundation
• 43% of respondent ports produce a publicly available Annual Environmental Review or Report
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Selected benchmarks of Selected benchmarks of performance – Baltic ports (3)performance – Baltic ports (3)
• 55% of ports have their own environmental specialist(s) • 39% of ports have a form of Environmental
Management System
• 68% carry out monitoring within the port area
• 45% have identified environmental indicators
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Selected benchmarks of Selected benchmarks of performance – Baltic ports (4)performance – Baltic ports (4)
Climate change and energy efficiency:• 27% of ports measure or estimate your their carbon
footprint • 45% of ports take measures to reduce their carbon
footprint• 52% of ports have a programme to increase energy
efficiency • 23 % of ports produce some form of Renewable Energy
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Ongoing work
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ESPO SD committeeGENERAL ASSEMBLY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
PORT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
LOGISTICS AND INTERMODAL COMMITTEE
LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MARINE AFFAIRS AND SECURITY
COMMITTEE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS
COMMITTEE
SECRETARIAT
PASSENGER COMMITTEE
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Review Environmental Code of Practice• Update of the generic policy principles
• Thematic approach based on the priorities identified in the 2009 ESPO / EcoPorts Environmental Survey
• Main themes: air quality, noise, dredging, port development, …
• More hands-on: what can port authorities commit themselves to?
• Publication within 2011
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• Ecoports fully integrated in ESPO as of 2011• Ecoports tools accessible to all ESPO members• Ports obtain ‘Ecoports status’ if they complete Self-
Diagnosis Method (SDM)• Visibility to Ecoports ports• SDM and PERS tools will be reviewed and modernised• New online system
ESPO-Ecoports integration
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PPRISM project
• EC co-funded project on port performance indicators• ESPO leads with five academic partners (ITMMA,
Brussels, Cardiff, Eindhoven and Aegean)• Objective: to identify set of indicators that could form
basis of European port ‘observatory’• Five fields: market trends, logistics, socio-economic,
environment and governance• Analysis based on stakeholder assessment• Runs until end 2011
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Thank you for your attention
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