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ADOC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2024 1. AVOIDANCE – PROACTIVE As a first step, ADOC prioritizes the prevention of biodiversity

impacts at the earliest stages of planning.
• A key measure includes the ADOC’s zero-discharge policy,
ensuring that under normal operating conditions, no direct
liquid discharges occur from vessels in the MMBR.
RISK ELIMINATION
By integrating avoidance strategies into routine operations,
ADOC limits potential disruptions to ecologically sensitive
areas.

Where impacts cannot be entirely avoided, ADOC
implements measures to reduce their scale, duration, or
frequency.

• This includes the use of designated marine transportation
2. MINIMIZATION – REDUCING channels to prevent unintended interactions with marine
UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS
megafauna, thereby safeguarding biodiversity in operational
areas.

These measures ensure that essential activities are carried
out with minimal environmental disturbance.

For residual impacts that affect critical habitats or resources,
ADOC invests in active restoration and ecological monitoring.
Initiatives include:

3. RESTORATION AND • Osprey nesting preservation efforts
REGENERATION – REPAIRING • Marine biodiversity assessments such as fish population
AFFECTED ECOSYSTEMS surveys

• Annual coral and seagrass monitoring to track ecosystem
health and temperature regulation near offshore
infrastructure.

Despite best efforts in avoidance, reduction and restoration,
some impacts may still persist. In such cases, ADOC considers
4. OFFSETTING – offsetting strategies to deliver measurable biodiversity gains
COMPENSATING FOR elsewhere. The goal is to achieve a non-net loss or ideally,
RESIDUAL IMPACTS
a net gain in biodiversity by balancing residual losses with
equivalent or greater conservation outcomes.

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