Environmental ManagementEsperance Ports is committed to delivering best practice environmental management through implementation of the Port?s environmental management plan. The plan documents the strategy for identification and assessment of environmental risks, implementation of controls to reduce risk and monitoring and measuring to assess effectiveness. Esperance Ports uses this process to drive continuous improvement. Each year the Port develops an environmental management program identifying actions to enable legislative reporting requirements, and maintenance of the environmental management system and the reduction of key risks from Port activities including dust, noise, waste, water and sediment quality. This program is to be completed throughout the year. The Port is required to operate under the requirements of its environmental licence 5099/10, its three Ministerial Statements, MS325, MS570, MS681, its Noise Approval, National Pollutant Inventory, waste legislation and other statutory environmental requirements. The Port is audited annually by the Department of Environment and Conservation for compliance with the conditions of its Environmental Licence.
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