The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are a set of 17 global goals that have been defined to support the world’s transition to sustainable development and a sustainable future. In 2015, the UN developed 17 SDGs comprising a set of 17 goals and 169 sub-targets. The goals call
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Environmental Sustainability
IMCA Environmental Sustainability Bulletins summarise key ideas and solutions to environmental and sustainability matters.
Members are invited to submit details of their own environmental sustainability initiatives that can be shared as good practice via these bulletins.
These bulletins are produced as part of the work of the Environmental Sustainability Committee.
Marine Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
What are the key drivers behind BNG? The head of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called for the world to adopt a goal of being “nature positive” by 2030. The Biodiversity Intactness Figure has concluded that significant parts of the world have lost so much biodiversity that the resilience
Control and Management of Ships’ Biofouling
Biofouling on ships entering the water of IMO Member States may result in the establishment of invasive aquatic species which may pose threats to human, animal and plant life, economic and cultural activities, and the aquatic environment. The potential for invasive aquatic species transferred through biofouling to cause harm has
Elimination of employee generated single use plastic
TechnipFMC Marine Operations Services (TMOS) won the inaugural IMCA Environmental Sustainability Award with their plan to eliminate employee generated single use plastics from their facilities and vessels by end of year 2018. This objective was fully in line with their commitment to minimisw environmental impact through reduction of company carbon
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