PERS Awards
ABPmer working with ABP’s’ South Wales Ports of Swansea, Port Talbot, Barry, Cardiff and Newport recently received a number of environmental awards, acknowledging commitment to protecting local environments and joining a select band of environmentally conscious UK ports.
The five ports each received Port Environmental Review System (PERS) accreditation, during a ceremony held at Queen Alexandra House, Port of Cardiff, yesterday. Herman Journeé, Chairman of The EcoPorts Foundation, presented Peter Barham, ABP’s Sustainable Development Manager, and Captain Phil Holliday, Marine Manager for ABP South Wales, with PERS certificates, nearly doubling the number of PERS-accredited UK ports.
ABPmer was instrumental in completing the PERS applications, which required a summary of each port’s environmental management procedures. Various measures, ranging from the recycling of waste paper, old mobile phones and used print cartridges to landscaping port roundabouts and brownfield sites, were undertaken and recorded in the applications. To ensure that PERS’ high standards were met, the applications were independently verified by Lloyd’s Register.
The PERS accreditations provide independent verification of ABP’s South Wales ports’ achievements in environmental port management. An added advantage of successfully completing PERS is that the ports have now met some of the criteria needed to receive ISO14001 status, an internationally recognised environmental management benchmark.
The PERS accreditations provide independent verification of ABP’s South Wales ports’ achievements in environmental port management. An added advantage of successfully completing PERS is that the ports have now met some of the criteria needed to receive ISO14001 status, an internationally recognised environmental management benchmark.
For further information:
Dan Jones
djones@abpmer.co.uk