Assessing Progress against IMCA’s Recommended Code of Practice on Environmental Sustainability: Our new Self-Assessment Tool is live!

Since publishing IMCA’s Recommended Code of Practice on Environmental Sustainability (the Code) in May last year, we developed a new related environmental self-assessment tool. In our Code, we put pen to paper for the first time on what is expected of our industry to manage environment and climate-related risks and opportunities associated with offshore marine construction. Material topics include: greenhouse gas emissions; energy management and efficiency; life below water; the circular economy; supply chain engagement; and reporting. 

The self-assessment tool is a natural follow-on from the Code, where we take the key expectations and recommended practices within it and translate these into a series of statements. IMCA members can reflect and self-assess how their organisation is meeting these. The tool can be used for internal engagement, as a catalyst for discussion. Environmental Sustainability Committee members who piloted the tool advise assembling a cross-business unit team. On average, it takes 45 minutes to an hour to complete the self-assessment. A demonstration and written guide are available to help guide you. 

By completing the self-assessment, you can see how your company is tackling our industry’s key environmental sustainability challenges identified in the Recommended Code. Once enough companies have made submissions, you can see how your assessment compares to that of your industry peers with the inclusion of an IMCA average. This will enable us to see both individually and collectively where we are in our environmental sustainability journey so we can learn from each other and inform our path forward. Now is a perfect time for self-assessment and reflection as an industry. This month the World Economic Forum released its annual Global Risks Report which tracks global risk perceptions of risk aspects and world leaders in business, government, and civil society. Of the 10 most severe risks over the next ten years on a global scale identified, half related to environment. Climate action failure was the top risk followed by extreme weather and biodiversity loss. Human environmental damage was seventh and natural resources crises eighth. 

Let us come together to see how we are tackling these environmental risks and faring against the expectations in our Code – both as individual members and as the offshore contracting industry. Please undertake your assessment by 17 February. We will also ask you to do it again in July so that we can track our progress over time. Any questions, please contact [email protected].

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