Tag: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

China's COSCO Shipping Corporation has announced that it will ban all shark fin shipments, joining a growing number of transport and logistics companies standing up against a brutal trade that kills millions of sharks annually.

Silverstream Technologies says that the cruise sector is currently showing substantial appetite for clean technology driven by a commitment to CSR, as well as impending changes to MARPOL Annex VI regulations.

The UK's Peel Ports has announced that it has secured 100 advocates for its Cargo200 initiative and is urging other cargo owners in the North West to add their weight to the campaign.

The Ocean Cleanup, based in the Netherlands, has launched a containment boom to be tested in the North Sea. The boom, which is 100 m long, is designed, produced and delivered by DESMI.

London Ship Managers (LSM) has made substantial both economical and environmental savings across its fleet of 9000gt refrigerated cargo vessels following an extensive refrigerant plant optimisation programme carried out by Oceanic Technical Solutions.

The FTSE Group, designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices, has selected NYK as a constituent in the FTSE4Good Index, marking the 14th straight year that the company has been included in this major yardstick for socially responsible investment (SRI).

The results of European Cleanup Day 2016 in Greece, which was coordinated by HELMEPA showed that cigarette butts and plastics are at the top of the list of litter items polluting our natural environment.

WSS has provided essential Maritime Logistics support to the World Food Programme, handling 4000 metric tonnes of date shipments from its base in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The dates, which have proven health and nutritional benefits, will supplement the diets of vulnerable people in countries across Africa and the Middle East.

During the first week of June, further organisations became incentive providers of Green Award ,the quality mark and platform for all industry stakeholders striving for excellence and implementation of CSR principles in shipping