By providing and organising a serial of environmental training and activity, it helps to remind our colleagues on the importance of “Going Green" and we have been successful in showing our long-term commitment to protecting our environment through such initiatives.
Environmental Training
OOCL's Code of Conduct required each employee to commit to OOCL's Safety, Security and Environment (SSE) Policy. Global SSE Awareness Refresher Course is
launched regularly to strengthen and refresh our employees’ and business
partners’ understanding of the potential environmental impacts in different business
environments and operation situations. Therefore, our SSE policy is communicated to all colleagues.
On Ship
| All OOCL senior officers on ships are professionally trained to acknowledge the importance of environmental protection and abide to the Company's policy and procedures, such as the Ballast Management Plan, Garbage Management Plan, the Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan and Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan, to protect the environment. Subsequently, all other OOCL crew members are then trained by their senior officers.
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Land Side | All OOCL employees undertake basic training on environmental awareness, through learning the company's core values, within the first few weeks on the job. This is a portion of the mandatory employee induction training delivered through the company's learning platform ePeopleSmart.
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Through these trainings, our sea staff and employees are equipped with knowledge on how to enhance energy efficiency, reduce unnecessary water usage and avoid waste disposal. Our SSE training also includes topics such as applying industry best practices and mitigating climate change to align with the latest international conventions and goals.
Environmental Awareness
Cultivating employees' environmental awareness reflects OOCL's commitment to environmental sustainability and we hope to continue our green efforts through more activities in the future.
OOCL Green Week
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For promoting the awareness of environmental sustainability and protection, the first week of July each year has been designated as the OOCL Green Week. Green Week is a global program for everyone at our offices around the world to promote environmental care through special events and meaningful activities. |
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Environmental Volunteer Team |
We also encourage employees in different regions to form their own volunteer team. We formed an official volunteer team OOCL Vital Link in 2004. A focus on environmental protection was added to raise the awareness of colleagues in environmental care.
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Information Sharing Platform |
To enhance employees' environmental awareness, we also adopt a serial of communication tools such as OOCL InfoNet, OOCL Wiki, OOCL Channel, Jabber, and Tibbr to share the latest information that related to our environmental performances and activities. |
Participation in Environment-focused Organisations
As an active participant in addressing the issues of environmental protection and climate change, we are a member of a few environment-focused organisations:
Clean Cargo (CC)
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Being a member of the CC, we try to foster continuous improvement in the environmental and social performance aspects of freight transport by sharing information and promoting best practices in the industry.
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Business Environment Council (BEC) |
We are also a corporate member of the Business Environment Council (BEC). We actively share our responsible business practices which balance economic, social and environmental interests; as well as sharing industry experience to BEC for policy advocacy. |
Stakeholder Engagement
To achieve long term success and sustainability under our stakeholder engagement principles, we are committed to building and maintaining lasting relationships with our key stakeholders across global operations and value chain. The stakeholder engagement process for all stakeholder groups not only provides us with a strong foundation to develop various management approaches on our material issues, but also helps increase stakeholder awareness of our Corporate Safety, Security and Environment Protection (SSE) policies and performance. All local operations are applicable and covered by our stakeholder engagement practices, ensuring that region-specific insights and community-level concerns are captured and addressed. This approach enables us to align our sustainability priorities with the expectations of stakeholders in each operating region.
