The Gard P&I Club announced that it has become the first insurer to join the Green Award Incentive Program as an Incentive Provider. Gard’s contribution will focus on two areas. The first is an annual Gard Green Award event for shipowners and managers who hold the Green Award certificate. This seminar will address topics such as market challenges and trends, risk management and loss prevention, as well as innovation and new technology. The second is helping to benchmark the performance of Green Award vessels for the Green Award organisation.
Rolf Thore Roppestad, CEO of Gard, said “Sharing knowledge and expertise is one of the pillars on which Gard is built and is vital to both our ability to actively support Members and clients and in our relationships with the wider world. We are committed to making a positive contribution to the industries we serve by offering dedicated resources for knowledge sharing and learning.
“The aim of the Green Award is to promote the highest standards of safety, quality and sustainability in shipping, and we are delighted to support those goals by becoming the first insurance incentive provider. We look to build long-term relationships with external stakeholders and maintain a network of partners to enhance knowledge sharing– this latest initiative is a strong example of how we do that.”
“Gard is a P&I Club with outstanding reputation and embedded Corporate Social Responsibility values, committed to safety,” Mr Dimitrios Mattheou, Chairman of Green Award, said in his welcome speech. “Green Award certificate holders are in the top tier of the shipping industry, they strive for excellence. They are often pioneers and can benefit from sharing knowledge and learning about the optimal ways of implementation of the best practices. We appreciate that Gard has declared its support to Green Award members through hosting Green Award annual events for them. Gard’s contribution to these meetings with their expertise and insightful speakers will enable Green Award certificate holders to further improve their efficiency and performance.”
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