Evaluating the efficacy of sustainability initiatives in the canadian port sector

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Maritime ports are critical nodes in the Canadian resource-based economy that can have significant environmental impacts near coastal communities and marine ecosystems. To address these impacts, Canadian Port Authorities (CPAs) assess their environmental performance using the Green Marine Environmental Program (GMEP). Reliance on this program necessitates its evaluation as an effective initiative to address sustainability in its broader context. An analysis was performed to identify links between United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) targets relevant to the Canadian Port Sector and GMEP performance indicators. Results indicate that there are significant gaps in the GMEP, with only 14 of 36 relevant SDG targets directly linked to the program. Findings suggest either an expansion of the GMEP to incorporate these broader sustainability goals, or the development and inclusion of a new framework for CPAs to bridge gaps between the GMEP and SDG targets to improve sustainability in their maritime port operations.

Idioma originalEnglish
Número de artículo373
PublicaciónSustainability
Volumen14
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - ene. 1 2022

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Funding Information:
Funding: This work was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Green Shipping Partnership Grant No. 895-2017-1003.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This study was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada funded project “Green Shipping: Governance and Innovation for a Sustainable Maritime Supply Chain” and the Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Graduate Scholarship (NSGS).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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