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NPorts equip ports for a sustainable future

24.05.2023
OLDENBURG. With its third sustainability report issued in March, NPorts demonstrated that the ports of Lower Saxony have attained a healthy position for sustainable development in both the region and federal state state, thanks to a variety of measures to save energy as well as innovation projects and compensating for negative repercussions. Between 2017 and 2021, the port company reduced its energy consumption by 15 per cent and its CO2 emissions by 21 per cent. NPorts also announced its intention to become climate-neutral by 2035. For further information and the 2023 Sustainability Report, please visit: www.nports.de/nachhaltigkeit/.

Credits: Nports

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