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ABP looks forward to a green future

[ February 28, 2023   //   ]

Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a sustainability strategy, Ready for Tomorrow (RFT), backed by a plan to invest around £2 billion in decarbonising its operations by 2040 and in major infrastructure projects to enable wider UK energy transition.

It identifies five focus areas for action: Net Zero, air quality, biodiversity, waste and water management. Each focus area has a programme of action plans – including action ideas from ABP’s employees in ports and other locations – to achieve ambitious but credible targets. This includes a commitment to reach Net Zero from ABP’s own operations (Scopes 1 and 2) by 2040.

RFT embraces the fact that ports, and in particular ABP, have a vital role in decarbonisation and sustainability projects including continuing to develop its offshore wind manufacturing and support hubs in the Humber and East Anglia, as well as more than doubling its own green power generation.

Developments in South Wales, the Solent, Humber and East Anglia cover floating offshore wind (including a major integration port hub centred on Port Talbot), hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, industrial decarbonisation and alternative fuels.

The strategy acknowledges that the scale of the challenges but also the opportunities for the UK from the imperative to decarbonise and become dramatically more sustainable.

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