Voting by the general public is open for the #IAPH2022 Sustainability Awards, with votes being collected online via the IAPH World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) website. An esteemed jury of nine independent experts has selected three finalists from a long list of projects submitted by ports from 26 different countries in each of the following categories : Climate and Energy, Environmental Care, Community Building, Infrastructure, Digitalisation, and Health, Safety and Security. In order to take part in the public vote, people have the chance to firstly review the projects’ details here before submitting their choice for each category. The outcome of the public vote (30%), together with that of the jury evaluation (70%) will co-determine the winners of the Awards. Voting will close at midnight Pacific Standard Time on Monday 18 April, which is exactly one month before the opening of the #IAPH2022 World Ports Conference. The winners will then be announced exclusively in person at the Awards ceremony planned at the Gala Dinner for the IAPH 2022 World Ports Conference on the evening of 17 May at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Thanks to the high number of entries this year from our IAPH regular and associate members, the total number of port sustainability projects added to the WPSP database available for viewing on our portal has now reached 238 from a total of 109 ports from 47 different countries, making this programme a unique reference point for ports looking to adopt best practices in applying the UN Sustainable Development Goals in practice. We congratulate all finalists reaching this stage and wish them the best of luck with their campaigns to appeal to the voting public to select their project for the Awards.
