DP World recognised for green performance

The operator was awarded a leadership A- score highlighting its role in the Water Transportation – Ports and Services category for its commitment to monitoring energy use, embracing renewable energy projects and investing in low-carbon technologies.

DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, said: “I am delighted with the tremendous improvements in our environmental performance. We strive to ensure everything we do leaves long-term benefits for the world we live in and reducing our carbon emissions is a top priority.”

He pointed out that the company is making great progress on green issues. A recent example is the company’s ‘Go Green Week’, a collaboration in its third year with the world’s leading port operators to address three main ecological areas – Reuse and recycle, climate change and community.

DP World has also commissioned the installation of 88,000 rooftop solar panels on its Dubai facilities which will produce enough clean power for 3,000 homes a year.

Such programmes help the company achieve significant energy savings, evident in CDP results that show substantial year on year improvement.

In 2013, DP World achieved a C score, indicating an “awareness” of climate change issues. But in 2015 and again this year, it has achieved a “leadership” score of A- for implementing best practice in the transport industry.

Through the CDP’s climate change programme, thousands of the world’s largest companies disclose information on their greenhouse-gas emissions, energy use and climate change risks.