IUMI renews focus on a sustainable, resilient and innovative future for marine insurance
Speaking at its Spring Meeting held online last week, Richard Turner, President of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) reinforced the association’s focus on facilitating a sustainable, resilient and innovative future for the marine insurance industry.
Richard Turner explains: “Environmental, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) issues are impacting all forms of...
ESG criteria are distorting markets, Small island states and climate risk
Wednesday 17 March 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.11.3
Commentary: ESG criteria are distorting markets and portfolio decisions
By Simon Ogus in Hong Kong
The last 12 months have highlighted the urgency of environmental, social and governance needs around the world, as the climate crisis and the pandemic wreaked havoc. Individuals and institutions are trying their best to adapt to these circumstances. But will investment along ESG themes...
How the Pandemic Reshaped Workforce Mobility
| Decoding Global Talent, Onsite and Virtual A new survey of almost 209,000 people in 190 countries points to a shift in attitudes toward mobility. The number of people willing to move abroad for work has declined. The US has lost its status as the world’s most popular work destination. And just about everybody’s view of work has been reshaped, in one way or another, by the pandemic. CLICK TO READ MORE |
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https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/11/how-the-pandemic-reshaped-workforce-mobility/
V.Group calls upon shipping industry to do more to attract talent to the sector
Ship management company V.Group has released the third discussion paper in its ‘Life After Lockdown’ series. The latest focuses on talent in the maritime industry.
Each Life After Lockdown paper shines a spotlight on a specific area of maritime operations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and sets out key lessons learned.
Aimed at stimulating debate, the papers challenge...
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Thursday 11 March, 2021)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY
HIGHLIGHTS
March 11 2021
Global Markets
Risk-on sentiment prevailed earlier today supported by lower UST yields and y-day’s US CPI data, which showed a modest decline in underlying inflation. Focus today is on the ECB policy meeting and the updated macroeconomic forecasts.
Greece
The PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced earlier today a new package of support measures to pandemic-hit businesses, freelancers and workers, mobilizing...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/11/global-regional-daily-thursday-11-march-2021/
Freight association comments on UK budget
The trade association that truly represents the UK international freight services industry says that it welcomes some of the macro economic announcements in today’s UK Budget that will offer ongoing support to businesses in the freight and logistics sector that have been hit hard by the double-edged sword of EU Exit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commenting on announcements with specific relevance to the freight and logistics sector, Robert Keen,...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/03/freight-association-comments-on-uk-budget/
Leading Renewable Players Urge Governments to Re-align Recovery Measures with Paris Agreement
7 December 2020 – With the Paris Agreement celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, all eyes are on the world’s governments to urgently scale-up climate action.
In a renewed call to action, over 100 leading renewable energy players, as members of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Coalition for Action, urge governments to correct course. By placing a...
Dimitris Fafalios, Chairman of INTERCARGO
Crew change: Drastic measures needed now
INTERCARGO cannot even begin to contemplate the impacts if terminal and cargo operations were halted and cargo vessels stopped operations and trading, as a result of crew remaining on board for 12 to 17 months. This compromises the safety of crew, ships, and cargoes, if worldwide progress is not made on crew change. About 300,000 seafarers remain trapped on board their ships and a similar number are awaiting...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/07/27/crew-change-drastic-measures-needed-now/