{"id":2198,"date":"2022-04-20T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2022\/04\/20\/green-terminal-kudos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:55:26","slug":"green-terminal-kudos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/africa-greenport\/green-terminal-kudos\/","title":{"rendered":"Green terminal kudos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kribi Conteneurs Terminal has been&nbsp;granted the Green Terminal label following an audit by&nbsp;Bureau Veritas reflecting the efforts made by the company to reduce its environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis label rewards the efforts made by the Kribi Conteneurs Terminal teams to reduce the impact on&nbsp;the environment by implementing eco-responsible measures,\u201d&nbsp;said Eric Lavenu, managing director of Kribi Conteneurs Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThis distinction, which goes beyond being&nbsp;a privilege, is a responsibility that commits us to continue our efforts to further reduce the environmental&nbsp;impact of our activities,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green pillars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The audit was based on the eight pillars of the label, which was launched by&nbsp;Bollor\u00e9 Ports in June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The label aims to reduce the carbon footprint of port&nbsp;activities by using a precise methodology that covers all environmental issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This process includes work procedures, building infrastructure in line with international&nbsp;standards, waste management and training employees in best environmental practices.<\/p>\n<p>Committed to a vast investment programme, Kribi Conteneurs Terminal has been rewarded for the&nbsp;quality of its facilities, built in line with the latest international standards. The terminal also has a rainwater&nbsp;and wastewater treatment plant, which ensures efficient management of discharges and waste.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing systems to digitise activities has made it possible to significantly reduce the greenhouse&nbsp;gas emissions released by stakeholders. In terms of a dedicated power supply, Kribi&nbsp;Conteneurs Terminal uses the hydro power network, avoiding the use of diesel.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the company&nbsp;also carries out actions of solidarity in key sectors such as health and education, while participating in&nbsp;the fluidity of the supply chain in Cameroon and its neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cameroon terminal has been awarded a green terminal accreditation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[268,424,428,427,426,425],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-greenport","tag-bureau-veritas","tag-cameroon","tag-green-terminals","tag-kribi-conteneurs-terminal","tag-port-of-kribi","tag-terminal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2200,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions\/2200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}