DP WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT 2021
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OUR FUTURE, OCEANS
WE RECOGNISE THAT OUR BUSINESS, AND THE PROSPERITY OF OUR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES, IS LARGELY BORN ON THE WORLD’S OCEANS.
We are committed to making ocean enhancement a part of our legacy. Our areas of focus include ocean education programmes, restoration projects, and coastal clean-ups. EDUCATION Our global education programmes provide our teams with the needed guidance to help them implement change at the local level. Our Oceans Toolkit, for example, was launched in 2020 and is now being used by our global teams to guide their local ocean preservations efforts. In 2021, we also developed an oceans data collection checklist to feed into our community investment data system, and conducted an oceans toolkit feedback session for sustainability champions and the Group Health Safety and Environment (GHSE) team to align on strategy, communication and data capture. In October 2021, together with ZSL, Expo 2020 Dubai and Edinburgh Science, we hosted a ‘Conservation for Hope’ educational event to provide the private sector with an insight into the importance of biodiversity conservation for the private sector, and how the private sector can affect positive change (further details are provided in the Community Engagement and Education sections of this report). RESTORATION DP World recognises the need to preserve biodiversity within the broader battle against climate change. Our oceans strategy is therefore tightly linked to DP World’s broader decarbonisation strategy.
CASE STUDY: MANGROVE PROJECT IN PAKISTAN
The mangroves in Pakistan are growing along the stretch of 990 kms, with two provincial jurisdictions of Sindh and Baluchistan. The mangroves are regulated under provincial forest acts, Baluchistan with 760 Kms from Jiwani to Hub under Baluchistan Forest department, whereas in Sindh it is under Sindh Forest Department. There are also two ports, Karachi Port Trust and Port Qasim Authority, with mangroves present as well. Pakistan has recently concluded its readiness phase of REDD Plus, a World Bank funded initiative aimed at recognising environmentally sound forest management. The country’s national strategy has been prepared in conjunction, and it is likely Pakistan will have a national registry established by 2022.
DP World initiated a project in 2021 in this region with the involvement of the Sindh Forest Department, the Conservation Restoration Alliance for Biodiversity and the local community, in accordance with Pakistan’s targeted geographical areas for mangrove development. A total of 30,250 mangroves (including different species) have been planted as part of this scheme. Every step from site selection to seed plantation has been planned for with specific milestones, with the effort expected to continue over the next few years to help monitor the project’s progress.
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