Towards Sustainability of the Greek Port Sector – The Case Study of Lavrio

Koundouri, Phoebe and Christantoni, Maria and Landis, Conrad and Loloni, Maria and Oikonomidis, Socratis and Plataniotis, Angelos (2023): Towards Sustainability of the Greek Port Sector – The Case Study of Lavrio. Published in:

Abstract

The paper consists of the application of the Koundouri et al (2023)’s methodology to integrate SDGs into the Sustainability Reporting Framework for the Case Study of Lavrio Port in Greece. This novel holistic framework consists of downscaling the UN SDSN Sustainable Development Report’s methodology to a corporate (private or public) level to support the transformation of the companies in line with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. The methodology builds on the ESG rating tool of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, the sole shareholder of the Port Authority of Lavrio, who had developed a thorough list of ESG Key performance Indicators to assess and support the sustainability performance of its portfolio. This framework is intended to provide a baseline for measuring sustainability performance of the Port of Lavrio, as it is undergoing a sustainability transformation employing a systems innovation approach.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: SDGs, UN SDSN, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, ESG, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L0 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights

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