Port of Saguenay completes the AIVP self-assessment tool

Introduction To help its members achieve the ten goals identified by its 2030 Agenda, AIVP launched a dedicated self-assessment tool in November 2023. The self-assessment tool should be carried out annually to enable the ports and cities of the AIVP network to monitor their progress towards the 2030 Agenda goals. The Port of Saguenay (Canada) is the first member to have completed the seaport self-assessment, as part of its policy looking at the different ways in which it can contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In this interview, we discuss how the self-assessment helped the Port pursue that policy. Interview with Simon Tremblay, Environment & Sustainable Development Lead, and Francois St-Gelais, Community Relations & Communications Lead. Interview What’s your verdict on the AIVP self-assessment tool? Do you think it will be useful in the long term? It will be very useful for us, as it builds on the initiatives and thought processes we embarked on several years ago focused on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, with experts from the Environmental Consultancy Chair at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi. The…