Other relevant safety matters

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12. Other relevant safety matters

Other relevant safety matters

12.1. Environment

12.1.1. General requirements

1. Port authorities should promote sustainable devel-

opment and exercise control over their activities by apply-

ing environmental protection policies to their operations.

2. This can be achieved by developing an environmen-

tal management system that will implement management

and control methods that prevent or minimize damage to

the environment.

3. Many of the precautions detailed elsewhere in this

code of practice which are intended to prevent injury and ill

health to portworkers should also be beneficial to the envi-

ronment. The precautions described in this chapter are not

aimed at the prevention of injury or ill health.

12.1.2. Environmental management systems

1. A suitable environmental management system should

include:

— an environmental policy statement;

— suitable objectives and targets;

— allocation of environmental protection responsibilities

to individual workers;

— environmental awareness training;

— environmental management practices;

— assessment of compliance and effectiveness;

— periodical review of the environmental protection

programme.