Port of Itajaí approved to receive ISO 14001 certification

The Superintendence of the Port of Itajaí won the recommendation for ISO 14001 certification on December 22nd. The official certification of the Port Authority of Itajaí will take place when the certificate goes through the necessary international process, a process that can take 40 to 60 days. The recommendation indicates that the Itajaí Port Authority meets the certification parameters and that the port may now be considered ISO 14001-compliant.

There were 4 audit days (Dec. 17,18, 21, and 22) in December 2020, carried out by the company TÜV NORD Brasil, an independent Brazilian certification body, belonging to the German group TÜV NORD, an organization with over 150 years of experience in certifications.

The Importance of ISO 14001 Certification

ISO 14001 certification demonstrates that the institution is concerned with the management of the environmental impacts generated by its activity, in addition to attesting that there is an Environmental Management System in place at the institution. ISO 1400 is designed to help companies and institutions to adapt environmental responsibilities to their internal processes, without neglecting the search for economic development.

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2020 Challenges

The ISO 14001 implementation process began in late 2019, by COAMB (the environment, work safety, and sustainability coordination) at  the Port of Itajaí, aiming to achieve certification in the first half of 2020.

The first steps towards achieving the certification took place through the implementation of the Integrated Management System and the creation of the Sustainability Committee, formed by Port of Itajaí employees. The voluntary members of this committee were responsible for disseminating information from the SGI (Integrated Management System) at their jobs, in addition to receiving training related to environmental management.

All of this occurred in the first months of 2020. In March, the pandemic was decreed and certification plans had to be stopped.

At the end of September, when the Coronavirus dissemination control strategies were implemented and working, the management of the Port of Itajaí decided to resume the ISO 14001 certification target for 2020.

Check the chart below for the history of cargo handling at the Port of Itajaí since 2017:

Cargo Handling at the Port of Itajaí | Jan 2017 to Nov 2020 | WTMT

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