235 Elisabeth Munck af Rosenschöld, Head of Sustainability, IKEA Supply Chain Operations

Sustainability is truly about people!

Listen to Elisabeth Munck, Head of Sustainability at IKEA Supply Chain Operations. She is passionate about sustainability and has been working on the sustainability agenda in Supply Chain Operations since 2016.
IKEA released their Supply Chain Operations Decarb Catalogue this week. Here is the link if you want to read more.

Elisabeth discusses IWAY– the IKEA way of Responsibly Procuring Products, Services, Materials and Components. It’s ten principles for a...

https://shippingpodcast.com/235-elisabeth-munck-af-rosenschold-head-of-sustainability-ikea-supply-chain-operations/

223 Slavia Kristina Jumelet, Product Owner for Operational Efficiency Standards, Digital Container Shipping Association

Industry-standard in the container business

Slavia Kristina Jumelet is a Product Owner for Operational Efficiency Standards at the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group founded by major ocean carriers to digitise and standardise container shipping. DCSA member carriers include MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, Yang Ming, HMM and ZIM.
Slavia Kristina has an extensive background in shipping, even though she started studying mathematics. She...

https://shippingpodcast.com/223-slavia-kristina-jumelet-product-owner-for-operational-efficiency-standards-digital-container-shipping-association/

218 Empowering Women in Transport: the maritime industry and the Role of the EU

Panel discussion in the European Parliament June, 27th 2023

Ms Vera Tax, MEP European Parliament, organised this panel event to raise awareness amongst the maritime community and policymakers about the importance of women and how to improve working conditions in the sector.
This is a recording of our discussion on June 27 in Brussels. The participants have generously given me permission to share with you what we discussed.
You will hear five panellists (besides me) speaking;

  • Ms Line Heimstad,...

https://shippingpodcast.com/218-empowering-women-in-transport-the-maritime-industry-and-the-role-of-the-eu/

214 Eman Abdalla, Global Operations Director for Cargill Ocean Transportation

There is so much spotlight today on diversity, inclusion and equity

What do you stand for? What are your values? What is your purpose? What is your goal? Those are the things the next generation is looking for. They will not choose to work for you if you don’t have the answer. Listen to Eman Abdalla, Global Operations Director for Cargill Ocean Transportation, describing what an attractive employer looks like.

Also, this episode is packed with good advice from a modern leader walking the talk and...

https://shippingpodcast.com/214-eman-abdalla-global-operations-director-for-cargill-ocean-transportation/

Sameer Kalra, President Marine Division, Executive Vice President, Alfa Laval Group

It’s all about changing our behaviour and opening-up

The maritime industry is facing so many challenges. The only way forward is to change our behaviour and collaborate with others. Listen to Sameer Kalra, President of the Marine Division and Executive Vice President at the Alfa Laval Group. Going from old traditions to a new way of thinking is how you change.

It’s interesting to listen to Sameer’s insights and that he is willing to share them with the world. After all, he is a leader on a global...

https://shippingpodcast.com/sameer-kalra-president-marine-division-executive-vice-president-alfa-laval-group/

194 Kate D Adamson, Blue Futurist, Futurenautics

The Blue Economy  
Part 2 of my conversation with Kate D Adamson focuses on what ESG means for the shipping and maritime industry. 

We need to start talking about the Blue Economy and what opportunities lay there instead of the segments of everything like we do today. Once we change our mindset, that’s when we can become a sustainable industry.

Kate underlines that we need to pivot. We do that by

  • Purpose/Values
  • Interdependence
  • Openness
  • Trust

There are so many titbits in this episode. It’s worth...

https://shippingpodcast.com/194-kate-d-adamson-blue-futurist-futurenautics/

192 Steen Lund, Chief Executive Officer, RightShip

A Zero-harm maritime industry

RightShip believes in the power of collaboration and has a vision of a zero-harm maritime industry. That means working with all elements of ESG, Environmental, Social, and Governance. RightShip is a digital platform using data to achieve a more sustainable maritime industry.

Listen to Steen Lund, Chief Executive Officer, RightShip, in episode 192 and please come back with your feedback.

Thank you for listening.

The post 192 Steen Lund, Chief Executive Officer,...

https://shippingpodcast.com/192-steen-lund-chief-executive-officer-rightship/

189 Lena Gothberg, Host and Producer, Shipping Podcast

Where is the new normal?

During the pandemic, we discussed what the new normal would look like. What happened? What changed? When it comes to maritime conferences, not much.

Do we want to change them, or are we just so happy that everything is back to “same old, same old”?

Episode 189 is a solo episode where Lena shares how disappointed she is to see that nothing changed. But she is excited over a Mesh party she attended in another industry – road transport.

Get inspired, join the movement of...

https://shippingpodcast.com/189-lena-gothberg-host-and-producer-shipping-podcast/

185 Joshua M Berger, Founder & President/CEO, Washington Maritime Blue

Get stuff done!

Meet Joshua Berger, Founder & President/CEO of Washington Maritime Blue, in episode 185 of the Shipping Podcast. We speak about #innovation #tech #sustainability #diversity, and Joshua shares the idea behind Washington Blue Maritime.

Since we are both passionate about the idea of clusters, we also discuss what we can learn from other industries.

Lena, who lives in Gothenburg, talks about the #automotive industry and their innovation hub called MobilityXLab. Have a look if you...

https://shippingpodcast.com/185-joshua-m-berger-founder-president-ceo-washington-maritime-blue/

179 Catlin Hardy, Vice President, Programs, Kongsberg Maritime Inc.

How does the maritime industry compare to the tech industry in the eyes of the nextgen?

I have had a wonderful conversation about how well the maritime industry matches the tech industry when attracting the next generation and the talents that we need. I spoke with Caitlin Hardy, Vice President, Programs, Kongsberg Maritime Inc., and am happy to share this in the 179th episode of the Shipping Podcast.
We also speak about the culture of the maritime industry and how brave Caitlin is to have...

https://shippingpodcast.com/179-catlin-hardy-vice-president-programs-kongsberg-maritime-inc/

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