SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019
M AT E R IA L ISSU E : Environmental Compliance
I n thi s C h a p t er
W e h a ve e s ta b lis h ed a nd imp le me nte d a G R I 3 07- 1 ro bu s t E nv iro nme nta l Management System to comply with relevant n a t i o n a l a nd inter natio nal le g is latio n , regu l a t i o ns and v o lu ntar y initia tive s w h ic h t h e c o m pany s u b s cribe s to . A s a n e x a mp le, w e a re a n active me mb er o f th e H e lle ni c Ma ri n e E n v iro nme nt P ro te ctio n A g e ncy . O u r fl eet s y s te ma tica lly co mp lie s w it h o r exc ee d s e nv iro nme nta l law s an d regu l a t i o ns . O u r ad v ance d s o lu tio ns ( s u ch el ec t ro n i c a lly co ntro lle d e ng ine s ) are desi gn ed to o p timiz e f u e l e f f icie ncy w h ile redu c i n g e mis s io ns – w h ich h e lp ta ck l e gl o b a l w a r ming . Da n a o s Sh ip p ing is co mmitte d to o p eratin g a t a l l t i m e s w ith in th e bo u nd arie s of en vi ro n m e nta l law s and re g u latio ns, s u c h a s t h e s tand ard s imp o s e d by th e I MO , t he U . S . O il P o llu tio n A ct o f 1 9 9 0, C E RC L A (s p ills and re le as e s o f h az a rd o us s u b st a n c e s ) , T h e C le an W ater A ct, T h e C l ea n Ai r A ct, and th e E U M R V re g u la tio n. We c a refu lly e x amine p o te ntia l incid e nts o f n o n -c o mp lia nce a nd w e s e t ap p ro p riate a c t i o n pl a ns to inve s tig ate th e incid e n t a n d t o en su re th a t s imila r incid e nts d o not o c c u r i n t h e f u tu re . Du ri n g 2 0 1 9 th ere w ere no incid e nts of n o n -c o m pl ia nce w ith e nv iro nme nta l laws a n d regu l a tio ns .
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