BSR Insight | Assessing Terminals’ Environmental Performance: New BSR Report and Tool
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Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services
Publication Date
May 29, 2012
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Global shippers and carriers have increasingly adopted practices to improve their environmental performance. It is now important for terminal operators to align with these efforts. BSR's recently released report and assessment tool for terminal operators, developed with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, will allow terminals to benchmark their environmental performance based on a common standard and prepare for the increasing demand for supply chain sustainability data. BSR's 2011 terminal operations case study analyzed efforts related to improving port and terminal environmental performance and found that ocean-based terminals lack globally applicable environmental frameworks and standards for performance. Based on this information, BSR developed an assessment tool in Chinese and English for terminal operators to track and report on environmental performance, such as emissions management and impacts on air pollution and community health. This report shares the results and feedback of three terminal operators who used the pilot tool, as well as our recommendations for implementation.
About the Author(s)
Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services
Laura works with companies in Asia to address corporate responsibility issues primarily in connection with localized strategies for sustainable sourcing, supplier assessment and development, and stakeholder and community engagement... Read more →
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