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FEATURE STORY:
GREENING OUR PORTS

LAUNCHING PROGRESSIVE INITIATIVES
On top of utilising green innovations and equipment, MMC and its affiliates launched a variety of eco-driven
initiatives and practices, as detailed here:

Development of Environmental, Social, and Reducing Carbon Emission
Governance (“ESG”) Framework and Strategies
at MMC Ports PTP is committed to reducing its carbon emissions
on Scope 1 (direct emission) and Scope 2 (indirect
All ports under MMC are collectively developing emission), with PTP targeting to reduce 45% of
ESG framework and strategies, which will help its carbon emissions by 2030 to align with Paris
formally respond to external stakeholders’ ESG Agreement.
expectations as well as meet carbon emission
benchmarks and goals set forth by both the Malaysian Recyling Programmes
Government and the Paris Agreement.
PTP is collaborating with SWM Environment Sdn
Water Sustainability Measures Bhd to establish its own community recycling centre.
This is to encourage its tenants and the local
Johor Port and Northport have both introduced water community to recycle their waste and earn rewards
monitoring and conservation measures in an effort to simultaneously.
reduce water wastage.
Northport has continuously held its Reduce, Reuse and
Johor Port and Northport have taken steps to
more accurately log Non-Revenue Water (“NRW”), Recycle (“3R”) or Ayuh Kitar Semula programme to
which is water that is produced but lost or becomes promote environmental awareness among employees
unaccounted for due to pipe leakages, reservoir through reducing, reusing and recycling of used
overflow, meter under-registration, and more. materials. Since 2018, Northport has collected
This was done through the deployment and installation more than 177 tonnes of recyclable items which has
of multiple loggers, which accurately identifies leak generated proceeds used to fund its CSR activities.
positions and correlations.
Environmental Impact Assessment
Northport has set up a Rainwater Harvesting System (“EIA”) Implementation
with an approximate capacity of 800 gallons. All new projects under Northport moving forward will
This system is designed to collect and store rainwater be assessed in line with an EIA. Essentially, EIA is an
to provide irrigation for the surrounding landscape, environmental decision support tool that explores
as well as reduce the need for a clean water supply and considers the potential environmental, social,
for general cleaning purposes.
and health impacts of development projects before a
proposed project is authorised.

Electrified Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes at Northport.