Tag: ESG

Bunker Holding Group announced that it has extended its paid parental leave allowance to 20 weeks for all of its 1,600 employees across 34 countries.

ICS is encouraging the shipping industry to take action to reduce the risk of harm to endangered whale species, saying that significant steps have already been taken by the industry to help protect marine mammals.

Day 1 of SHIPPINGInsight started with Semiramis Paliou of Diana Shipping setting the stage for SHIPPINGInsight 2022 on the new face of shipping.

Shipping companies received awards for reducing speeds in the 2021 “Protecting Blue Whales & Blue Skies” program. In total, eighteen shipping companies participated, transiting at 10 knots or less in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Southern California region.

Speaking on NYK’s 137th anniversary, President Hitoshi Nagasawa stated that in the new medium-term plan the company wants to advance its ESG management.

Following the launch of Maritime Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Innovation Lab 2022 , powered by V-Box, we are glad  to host an interview with Mr. Richard Holdsworth, Founding Partner of  V-Box, who highlights that the key priorities for a more diverse, equal and inclusive maritime industry are Gender equality, Ethnicity, Generational diversity, Psychological Safety and Mental health & wellbeing.

The Marine Mammal Center and The Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory have announced a collaboration to bring Whale Safe, a technology-based mapping and analysis system to help prevent whale-ship collisions, to the San Francisco Bay Area region.

The marine insurance industry needs to embrace data better if it is to successfully implement ESG aspirations, says Patrizia Kern, Chairperson of IUMI’s Data & Digitalization Forum.

Under the name ESI Noise, the Port of Rotterdam Authority will be giving vessels a financial discount if – on the basis of an internationally accepted standard – the amount of noise produced by the vessel when moored has been made transparent.

Ahead of the IUMI Annual Conference in Chicago, Richard Turner, IUMI President reflects on the lessons learned from the last four years and the new trends highlighting that albeit the volatile background, the marine insurance and reinsurance sector has continued to operate pretty well.