​​​​​​​​​​​​​As stated in OOCL’s Safety, Security and Environment (SSE) Policy, we are committed to maintaining high environmental standards throughout our whole supply chain and at different stages of business operations, covering vendor/supplier management, our delivered services, transportation/logistic processes and management of generated waste. We strive to reduce the environmental impact of our activities in various aspects, including but not limited to air and greenhouse gas emissions, discharges into water and land, generation of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and biodiversity issues. ​Where appropriate, consultation and feedback from external stakeholders are considered during the review and enhancement of our environmental policy to ensure alignment with evolving market expectations and industry best practices.​

OOCL believes that by taking a proactive role in caring for the environment, we can help minimise our carbon footprint, as well as other harmful pollutants such as sulphur oxides (SO_x), nitrogen oxides (NO_x) and particulate matters, and make the world a better place to live for ourselves and future generations. We recognise that businesses must take responsibility for their industr​y's effects on the environment, therefore we will be formulating our Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to contribute to tackling global environmental challenges we face across industries. ​We continue to identify the risks​ in our business and address the impending issues relating to global warming, air pollution, biodiversity and marine environment degradation, and energy consumption which present critical environmental challenges. For more information about our environmental performance and achievements, please refer to our Sustainability Report​, M​ilestones and ​Factbook. 

Sustainability is one of the key elements in the Group’s business development. The Group continues to improve its ESG framework​ during operations to ensure that sustainable development is fully taken into consideration during strategy formulation and decisionmaking. We have further improved our ESG framework and established the Board as the highest governance unit for sustainable development work, responsible for leadership and oversight, and obtaining different ESG support from respective Committees.​

Our proactive efforts to care for the environment fall under four main categories: Emissions Reduction Marine Biodiversity Conservation Sustainable Management of Resources Environmental Promotion​