Stakeholder
engagement
To determine which topics should be covered by the Report, Portonave based its decision on the stakeholder engagement process developed in 2014 through the Portonave Sustainability Panel. Held on September 11, 2014, at the company’s headquarters, the event was attended by 26 people who included employees, suppliers, government representatives and residents of Navegantes and the surrounding region. After a brief overview of sustainability concepts and the report’s importance, the participants were asked to identify the positive and negative impacts generated by Portonave’s activities.
IMPACTS IDENTIFIED
POSITIVES
• Concern with the environment
• Job creation and income generation
• Generation of tax receipts
• Social and cultural projects
• Improvements to the region’s infrastructure
• Dissemination of sustainable practices
• Innovation in the port industry
• Local development
NEGATIVES
• Urban mobility problems
• Environmental degradation
• Noise pollution
• Disorderly population growth
• Overburdening of basic health, education and security infrastructure for serving the local population
• Worsening of social problems, such as child prostitution
• Real estate speculation
• Transfer of responsibility from the public sector to the private initiative.
After the impacts were mapped, the most material information to be reported by the company was identified. Given their belief that the result of this process represents an updated overview of the main sustainability aspects involving Portonave, its senior management opted not to change the materiality matrix published in 2014. A new engagement process with stakeholders will be conducted in 2016.
