Sustainable small ports: performance assessment tool for management, responsibility, impact, and self-monitoring

Journal of Shipping and Trade

Original Article

Tommi Inkinen¹  Vappu Kunnaala-Hyrkki²  Olli-Pekka Brunila³ 

[1] Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland;South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Pääskysentie 1, 48220, Kotka, Finland;South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Pääskysentie 1, 48220, Kotka, Finland;Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland;

关键词: Quality management;    Environmental performance;    Ports;    Assessment tool;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41072-023-00142-z

 received in 2022-10-31, accepted in 2023-04-23,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This paper proposes a conceptual performance assessment tool for evaluating the environmental performance in small seaports. The developed tool is based and built based on a literature review. Ports, depending on their size, tend to have several sustainability and environmental management needs. However, especially small or cargo specialized ports do not often have sufficient resources to implement environmental effectiveness enhancing tools, even if they need them. This paper reviews international quality and environmental management tools, standards, and selected frameworks. These include International Organization for Standardization standards, and Global Reporting Initiative and Corporate Social Responsibility concepts. Because checklist type self-diagnosis solutions are the easiest to adopt, and universally most applicable, the proposed environmental performance measurement tool has four specific categories: (1) environmental management; (2) responsibility; (3) impact assessment; and (4) self-monitoring. The proposed tool allows the ports to assess whether their environmental management practices are comparable to more expensive standards and certificates. The paper concludes with a discussion on the limitations and challenges related to different port types and their specific needs.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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