{"id":5239,"date":"2012-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre-www.ts.ee\/4-examples-of-good-practices-of-port-of-tallinns-envoronmental-performance-are-presented-in-new-espo-green-guide\/"},"modified":"2012-10-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T22:00:00","slug":"4-examples-of-good-practices-of-port-of-tallinns-envoronmental-performance-are-presented-in-new-espo-green-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ts.ee\/en\/4-examples-of-good-practices-of-port-of-tallinns-envoronmental-performance-are-presented-in-new-espo-green-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"4 examples of good practices of Port of Tallinn\u2019s envoronmental performance are presented in New ESPO Green Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 3rd of October, ESPO launched its new “Green Guide; Towards excellence in port environmental management and sustainability” during a dedicated session at the GreenPort Congress in Marseille. The new Guide fully revises and updates the last ESPO Environmental Code of Practice that was produced almost ten years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ESPO Chairman Victor Schoenmakers said to be delighted to present ESPO’s new Guide: “I am confident that the ambitious goals of the Green Guide will encourage our members to further improve their track record in environmental management and performance.” “This Guide is a product of ports for ports and I am very grateful to the members of the Sustainable Development Committee and the secretariat for the hard work they put in.”, Mr Schoenmakers added.<\/p>\n

After re-establishing the ports’ vision on sustainability, the Guide introduces a common framework for action under ‘Five Es’: Exemplify, Enable, Encourage, Engage and Enforce. This action framework is applied to five selected environmental issues: air quality, energy conservation and climate change, noise management, waste management and water management. <\/p>\n

In the foreword to the Guide, Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas wrote: “The application of the ‘Five Es’ is showing the way towards a comprehensive and integrated approach. The Commission appreciates ESPO’s approach in assisting ports to implement the relevant EU rules rigorously and is following this initiative with great interest.”<\/p>\n

The Guide is accompanied by two online annexes. Annex 1 consists of exemplary response options and good practices that are in place in European ports. Annex 2 summarises the most significant EU legislation that influences the environmental management of port areas.<\/p>\n

Port of Tallinn presented 4 examples of good practices and all of them were accepted. The below mentioned projects are described to the ports of all over the world to follow as good environmental performances.<\/p>\n