Our approach to sustainability

Port Authority of NSW is committed to ongoing collaboration with our people, customers, stakeholders and communities to improve social and environmental outcomes in and around our ports, while delivering economic prosperity for the state of New South Wales through facilitating shipping, tourism and trade.

Port Authority’s renewed strategic focus on sustainability commenced in 2019 with the development of a sustainability vision, a sustainability plan and a framework for embedding sustainable practices and initiatives across the organisation.

Since 2020, several sustainability initiatives have been completed and others continue to be progressed, delivering significant benefits for our people, the planet, our stakeholders and customers and our operations and prosperity.

In 2023/24, Port Authority undertook a comprehensive update of its material topics aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. The outcome of the materiality assessment is underpinning an update to Port Authority’s sustainability framework and sustainability policy and helping ensure future actions and initiatives are aligned to the identified material topics.