During the 2023 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum, Mr. Andrew Stephens, Executive Director, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, highlighted that shipping needs sustainable decarbonisation that takes into consideration the different externalities created in the development of new fuels and technologies.

To successfully address ESG, the maritime industry should strive for being transparent, using common sustainability reporting frameworks, and creating benchmarks to measure progress, argues Mr. Andrew Stephens, Executive Director at Sustainable Shipping Initiative & Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative.

Mr. Andrew Stephens, Executive Director, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, makes an assessment of 2021 and shares his message for the new year across the global maritime community.

In our special column this month, we are happy to host an interview with Mr. Andrew Stephens, Executive Director, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, who comes with a multi-cultural background. Mr Stephens worked in Dubai, Long Beach, Oslo and Hong Kong before returning to the UK 23 years later. This was not only fascinating but also helped him to adapt to a diverse and wide-ranging environment.

During the 2019 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Mr. Andrew Stephens, Executive Director, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, presented the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI). The intent of the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative was launched in March 2018 and consists of members from the SSI and of others outside the SSI.

At the Global Maritime Forum’s Annual Summit last October, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative sat down with industry leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities in shipping, explains Mr. Andrew Stephens, Executive Director, SSI and Nicole Rencoret, Head of Communications and Development, SSI.