Carbon literacy toolkit

The new tool, which Port of Tyne will create through its 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub, will be a unique and tailored learning and development (L&D) toolkit which will improve carbon literacy levels among employees.

“There are so many compelling reasons why the Carbon Literacy for Ports toolkit is important – from helping to minimise the impact of port operations on our planet, to offering very practical ways to becoming more financially and environmentally efficient as businesses,” said Eleni Bougioukou, innovation manager for energy and sustainability at the Port of Tyne.

“Our collaborative toolkit will be designed to change perceptions about what climate change is and to ensure that everyone working in the port sector operates with reducing the carbon footprint at the forefront of their minds.”

Unique tool

This toolkit is the first of its kind for the port industry and will be implemented to support L&D initiatives as part of the Tyne 2050 strategy objectives, to improve awareness of climate change and carbon literacy within the port sector.

When ready, the toolkit is to be made available as an industry wide educational resource to benefit other UK and international ports that aim to inspire a change of culture and process within the port industry.

Focusing on port collaboration within the UK and internationally, the 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub will host a series of virtual sprints starting from September with the aim of developing the port specific toolkit.

The Port of Tyne in collaboration with the Carbon Literacy Trust launched the project through a Q&A virtual session held by the 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub on 1 July 2022.