According to the BPA, its 350 member ports, terminals and port facilities across the UK are looking to grasp the once in a generation opportunity that Brexit will provide to promote a sustainable development framework that preserves the natural environment and give ports greater certainty and the ability to grow sustainably.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Charter underlines the BPA\u2019s commitment to sustainable development and working constructively with industry, Government and environmental groups,\u201d said Mark Simmonds, policy manager at the BPA.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe are ready to work with other interested groups and Government to improve both the environment whilst at the same time giving responsible developers more certainty and clarity as they oversee significant and important infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n Charter aims<\/strong><\/p>\n In the main, the Charter commits the BPA to encourage its members to continue acting as responsible custodians of the marine environment by building and maintaining sustainably developed infrastructure within the principles of sustainable development.<\/p>\n It also aims to support members as they continue helping to reduce marine pollution and litter and promoting cleaner oceans by providing suitable waste reception facilities for vessels.<\/p>\n Where appropriate, it wants to support the principles of \u2018modal shift\u2019 within the UK and encouraging more coastal shipping, helping to reduce road congestion and overall freight carbon dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n Plus, it aims to support the UK Government when promoting sustainability and coordinated action at a global level through the IMO and other forums.<\/p>\n The BPA now intends to consult with its members, the wider maritime industry, Government, and environmental groups on this Charter and examine steps we can take to improve it over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The British Ports Association has published a new sustainable development charter which aims to support the dual aims of creating a strong and healthy environment and a thriving economy in which ports can grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-policy-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","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=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}