As a citizen of the world, Evergreen aligns its core operating strategy with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and combines the sustainable management concepts of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) to join hands with stakeholders towards a common global goals.

SDGs
Good Health and Well-being
  1. Draw up an occupational safety and health management plan
  2. Provide free physical examinations
  3. Provide 24-hour medical advice by the dispensary
Quality Education
  1. Organize the Post-baccalaureate Marine Engineering Program
  2. Continue the operation of the Seafarer Training Center
  3. Continue onboard internships to train maritime talent
  4. Strengthen employee training and encourage employees to attend internal and external training courses
Gender Equality
  1. Draw up the human rights policy and human rights risk assessment and management mechanisms
  2. Implement whistle-blowing and protection policies and measures
Decent Work and Economic Growth
  1. Continue the evaluation of the Board performance and target a 100% achievement rate
  2. Invest in the research and development of ship types and technologies
  3. Optimize the fleet structure by replacing old ships with new ones and improve the operational efficiency with state-of-the-art technology
  4. Improve shipping services through joint cooperation
  5. Undertake industry-university cooperation and talent recruitment on a regular basis
Responsible Consumption and Production
  1. Strengthen the CSR-based supplier screening system
  2. Establish a reasonable, fair, and transparent supplier cooperation and communication system
  3. Optimize the evaluation system to rule out suppliers with poor performance
  4. Follow the instructions on the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) and create an IHM in 2020
  5. Comply with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention) and EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR)
  6. Adopt water-based paint in the container coating line to reduce VOC emissions
Climate Action
  1. Build a green container fleet
  2. Equip the fleet with the Load Stability Calculation System and Weather Navigation Information (WNI) System to optimize the sailing speed and monitoring of fuel consumption
  3. Monitor sailing schedules and adjust sailing schedules and calling order flexibly
  4. Improve the operational efficiency of terminals
  5. Adopt shore power
  6. Continue to install and use scrubbers in the fleet to reduce sulfide
Life Below Water
  1. Strictly manage ballast water discharges
  2. Dispose of ship waste according to the waste management plan
  3. Decelerate ships
Partnerships for the Goals
  1. Develop more service loops and direct-call ports
  2. Develop joint operational models
  3. Participate in the research and development of maritime technology
  4. Comply with local laws and regulations
  5. Implement more social feedback