Environmental and Health & Safety Policy

Information on Safety Measures at the Port of Koper

At Luka Koper we are aware of the impacts of port activity on the environment. The company's business policy pursues prudent management of the environment to preserve it for the generations to come. Monitoring and managing environmental impacts has thus become part of the regular activities of the company.
 
In 2000, Luka Koper was one of the first European and the only Mediterranean port to establish an environment management system according to the ISO 14001 standard applying to all port activities, and we are constantly building upon it.  In May 2006 the standard was upgraded to ISO 14001:2004. In December 2010 Luka Koper gained the EMAS certificate and became  compliant with the very highest environment protection criteria.The company regularly monitors and supervises the environmental impacts of port activities in co-operation with the presiding expert institutions.

Luka Koper treats the area of environment management as a whole. The fact that Luka Koper, d.d. manages the entire area of the port makes it possible to implement the protection system at all terminals and in all its activities.
Pursuant to the new legal requirements, Mrs Franka Cepak was appointed Environmental Manager. Her responsibility is to oversees the system.

With the help and inspection of presiding expert institutions, the company regularly monitors substance and noise emissions.
The company provides for plant-scaping of the port area and in this way improves its appearance.
We also monitor the use of technological sources, those being water and electricity.

The company systematically manages waste. It has introduced separate collection of waste and materials for recycling. A modern waste management centre has been built. The quantity of unusable waste has deceased considerably, the cleanliness and appearance of our working environment has improved, and at the same time our operations have become more cost-effective.  At present, more than 70% of all waste in the port is collected separately and forwarded to recycling.

The environment management system includes all employees, who also regularly undergo training. The Environmental Manager attends international seminars and conferences as well.

Luka Koper invests, constructs and intervenes in the environment, persistently seeking and verifying the possibilities of minimising negative impacts on the environment. At the same time it invests in technical improvements and modernisation of technological processes.

Occasionally we meet with the local inhabitants and their representatives. Every year a public opinion poll is carried out about the environmental impacts of the company's activity.

For more interesting activities, photos and info on Luka Koper's social responsibility please visit our website www.zivetispristaniscem.si (also available in english).

picture: simulation of the natural park Škocjanski zatok