​​​​​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​.​

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 (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx) 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 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​ and Milestones​.

To better oversee and manage the implementation of our environmental protection policy and efforts, OOCL has established a Corporate SSE Steering Committee at the corporate level and a Regional SSE Committee for each region. The Steering Committee is chaired by a designated representative titled Global Safety, Security and Environmental Protection Officer (GSSEO), who takes a proactive role and responsibility in supporting the group’s environmental issues. The GSSEO would advise the Corporate Steering and Regional Committees of the latest regulatory developments and key issues in a timely manner. This ensures the proper execution of our SSE policy in all corporate departments and regions.​​

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