Namport goes 'blue and green'

Namport&#039;s safety, health, environment and quality manager, Stefanus Gariseb, and manager of organizational strategy, projects and performance, Gottfried Araeb, recently attended the fourth Blue Ports Initiative (BPI) workshop and training course on “Greening a Blue Port” in Vigo, Spain.The Strategic Framework (2022–2031) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations seeks to “support the 2030 Agenda through the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.”In this context, the role that ports play in the sustainable development of their areas of influence has been highlighted. The BPI’s objective is to encourage and assist ports to implement a blue transformation approach in their strategic and operational processes. The Blue Ports initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) enables commercial and fishing ports to enhance their blue credentials and promote sustainable development in their regions.The initiative aims to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security through food quality reinforcement, natural resources conservation through effective marine policies, value chain reinforcement, labour rights compliance and gender equality within maritime sectors.The key to Namport’s Strategy for the next five years is entrenching sustainability in its core business processes, by ensuring they focus on their four sustainability pillars (Economic Prosperity, Social Well Being, Environmental Stewardship and Governance). The BPI thus creates the platform through which the ports of Walvis Bay and Lüderitz can have a positive impact in the communities they operate in, through Namport&#039;s sustainability pillars, which is central to the BPI.The main objective of the BPI capacity-building programme was to reinforce the capacities and skills of blue ports as drivers of value creation in their area of influence, with particular emphasis on the following focus areas: How to become a blue port; greening to become a blue port; transition to clean energy in ports; climate change and ports’ resilience; environmental dimension on the city-port relationships; and ocean restoration.The experiences gained will be incorporated into Namport&#039;s sustainability action plan as part of its sustainability journey.

Namport goes 'blue and green'

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