The Sustainable Shipping Initiative has announced The Mission to Seafarers as its newest member, highlighting the importance of seafarers and seafarers’ rights and welfare in building a sustainable maritime industry.
As informed, SSI members, spanning the maritime ecosystem, are united by the belief that sustainability needs to be a core priority for the sector – and that a sustainable industry considers all three elements of ESG – environmental, social, and governance.
We are delighted to be joining the Sustainable Shipping Initiative at a time when the industry is facing tough choices toward meeting their ESG goals. Seafarers are at the forefront of delivering change for industry, and yet often their voices can get drowned out.
… noted Ben Bailey, Director of Programme, the Mission to Seafarers
SSI’s ongoing work on seafarers’ rights and welfare has resulted in the Delivering on seafarers’ rights Code of Conduct (developed with the Institute for Human Rights and Business and the Rafto Foundation) and has supported the development of the RightShip Crew Welfare Tool.
SSI also states that it will continue to advocate for the importance of seafarers to the shipping sector as it works to decarbonise – as valued stakeholders and experts on the specific challenges of operating a zero-emission vessel and on the impacts of new technologies and ways of working on life at sea.
Seafarer well-being is not just an ethical imperative, it’s essential for a sustainable shipping industry. By uniting all those committed to supporting positive change for seafarers, we can ensure a truly just transition towards a more sustainable maritime sector. One that places seafarers at the heart of everything we do.
… said SSI’s CEO, Steven Jones
To remind, the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), recently published “The Delivering on Seafarers’ Rights 2023 Progress Report”.
