OOCL goes the extra mile to make safety and security a top priority in our business operations and services, onshore and at sea, including people, cargo, ships and facilities. We maintain the highest safety and security standards and recognise that businesses must take responsibility for their industry’s effects on the environment so OOCL proactively demonstrates our concern for the environment at every level of our organisation.
OOCL is committed to:
- Applying industry best practices, and going above and beyond compliance with relevant rules and regulations on Safety *, Security ** and Environment ***
- Establishing, managing and improving safety, security and environment objectives and targets
- Proactively promoting an Onboard Safety Culture and engaging in the highest levels of training
- Participating fully in the prevention and suppression of security threats against supply chain operations under our control and carrying out risk assessment on a continuous basis
- Using resources **** efficiently and applying innovative voluntary measures to minimise the impacts on the environment and natural resources
- Regularly communicating our SSE Policy to all staff, business partners, vendors and suppliers throughout the supply chain, covering upstream and downstream activities
- Continually re-assessing and upgrading our SSE commitments
- Serving our stakeholders by assessing their needs and providing information
- Taking every precaution to avoid any health & safety risks in business activities and services to employees, business partners and communities
- Identifying, evaluating and mitigating climate-related issues and risks in our business operations
OOCL evaluates opportunities for working with responsible business partners to achieve our sustainable procurement objectives at every level of the supply chain. We also strive to ensure that our commercial relationships are formed with partners that share our values on safety, security and environmental care and sustainable business practices.
*: ‘Safety’ includes but is not limited to the providing of a safe working environment to protect employees from occupational hazards.
**: ‘Security’ includes but is not limited to the preventive measures to ensure security onshore and onboard, as well as cyber security.
***: ‘Environment’ includes but is not limited to air and greenhouse gas emissions, discharges into water and land, generation of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, biodiversity and climate-related issues.
****: ‘Resources’ includes but are not limited to energy, water and other raw materials.
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