Founder and principal consultant of Fidelis and former senior executive with CMPort (China Merchants Group) joins IAPH
Thank you for your entries to the Sustainability Awards!
IAPH extends its gratitude to those regular and associate members who submitted projects for consideration in the 2026 IAPH Sustainability Awards. This year is already shaping up to be the most competitive since the scheme’s inception, based on the quality of the submissions from all regions of IAPH membership.
Projects will now be evaluated and scored by an independent jury against the evaluation criteria and will be featured in the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) project database.
Finalists in the six categories will be announced in August and the public will be able to vote for their favourites here on the WPSP website. Watch this space!
The most inspiring projects in each of the six Awards categories will be showcased during a prestigious dedicated ceremony to take place at the gala dinner of the #IAPH2026 World Ports Conference at the Natural History Museum, the UK’s leading tourist attraction, in London on 4 November. For any questions about the process, please contact IAPH technical and WPSP director Antonis Michail.
Our mission
The World Ports Sustainability Program aims to demonstrate global leadership of ports in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The program wants to empower port community actors worldwide to engage with business, governmental and societal stakeholders in creating sustainable added value for the local communities and wider regions in which their ports are embedded.
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