Planet

Van Oord’s policy on socially responsible business practices focuses on how we treat our planet (Planet), our people (People) and how we can integrate these themes into our business operations (Profit). In light of this fact, energy management and the reduction of CO2 emissions play an important role at Van Oord.

Energy Management
Van Oord's goal is to be 5% more energy efficient in 2015 than it was in 2010. To achieve this goal, we have implemented an energy management system based on the EN 16001 standard for energy management systems. In short, this means that Van Oord has established and quantified a number of energy reduction targets and has adopted the corresponding organisational measures in its management system. For Van Oord, the most important energy issue by far is the fuel consumption by our ships. That is why most of our energy reduction campaigns are aimed at reducing our ships' fuel consumption.

The most important energy reduction campaigns and the quarterly reports on the status of these campaigns can be downloaded from the overview at the bottom of this page.

CO₂ emissions
Both the energy consumption as well as CO₂ emissions are largely attributable to our ships' consumption of fuel and the use of lubricants on those ships. The overview below indicates the CO₂ emissions of the various business divisions in recent years. Our dredging equipment belongs to Van Oord Equipment BV. In addition to energy management, the annual determination of our CO₂ emissions and our measures to achieve a reduction of those emissions have also been integrated into the Van Oord Management System.

The documentation below provides details on how we arrived at the figures in the table above.

Van Oord Nederland
Large clients in the Netherlands are developing systems to make their purchases sustainable and to provide an incentive to their suppliers to be aware of and reduce their own CO₂ production. For that purpose, Stichting Klimaatvriendelijk Aanbesteden en Ondernemen (SKAO) (Foundation for Environmentally Responsible Tendering) manages a CO₂ Performance Ladder [Prestatieladder] for suppliers. This certification programme was originally developed by ProRail as a means of promoting CO₂ awareness as part of purchasing. The more conscientious suppliers are about their CO₂ emissions, the higher their EMVI scores on their tenders. The Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management [Rijkswaterstaat] is also developing the DUBOLCALC system, which will help calculate the environmental impact made in carrying out a specific project, including the amount of CO₂ emitted by the tenderers. Van Oord participates in work groups established by industry organisations that are tackling energy and CO₂ issues, and we try to ensure that our clients can obtain relevant information on emissions for maritime construction projects through those industry organisations.

Van Oord Nederland bv has established its CO₂ emissions for 2009. The emissions analysis was performed in accordance with the principles of the NEN ISO 14064 standard.

In October 2010, these emissions were verified by Lloyd's Register in connection with Van Oord Nederland bv's CO₂ Performance Ladder Certification. On 23 December 2010, Van Oord Nederland received a Level 3 CO₂ Awareness Certificate from the certifying agency (see news item).

The certificate, as well as the documentation required for the CO₂ Performance Ladder, may be downloaded below.

Additional documents