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The Port of Barcelona 2020 Annual Report aims to provide a snapshot of port activity during this year; activity that was coordinated according to the lines of action set out in the Third Strategic Plan of the Port of Barcelona (2015-2020) and from the perspective of its commitment to sustainability. In fact, the Fourth Strategic Plan was approved during 2020 with a particular focuses on this perspective, around which the action of the Port during the period 2021-2025 will revolve.
The Report also includes the related data extracted from the annual questionnaire on general, economic, social and environmental aspects performed in the organisations of the Port Community that are affiliated to the Sectorial Sustainability Plan for the Port of Barcelona
The Port of Barcelona is a party to the United Nations Global Compact 2015-2030 and is therefore committed to integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consciously and gradually within its strategy.
Due to its characteristics and activity, the Port of Barcelona is concerned by 13 of the 17 SDGs , six of which are priority objectives on which it has a differentiated and direct impact.
SDGs
Goal
Location in the report
Ensure availability of water and sanitation for all.
Developing environmental value.
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and decent work for all.
Developing economic value.
Developing social value.
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Management and business area.
Developing economic value.
Developing environmental value.
Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Developing social value.
Developing environmental value.
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.
Developing environmental value.
Revitalise the Global Alliance for Sustainable Development.
Management and business area.
Developing social value.
One of the highlights of the Port of Barcelona in 2020 was the completion of the Fourth Strategic Plan (2021-2025), the document on which the Port will base its development over the next five years and which also incorporates a vision of the Port of 2040. The Plan revolves around sustainability in its three dimensions (economic, social and environmental).