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SAFETY4SEA: What does diversity...
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Maersk and Port of Antwerp, supported by IAPH, launched a new joint initiative, called ‘The Getting to Zero Coalition’, aiming to a commercially viable zero-emission vessel industry for ships operating along deep sea trade routes by 2030.
The new initiative unites shipowners, port providers, ports and technology innovators with the goal of achieving zero emissions. Recently, IMO’s Sec-Gen highlighted the importance of zero-emissions ships to be more commercially attractive.
The initiative is in...
https://safety4sea.com/getting-to-zero-coalition-initiative-launched/
Aligning with the UN Climate Action Summit, MAN Energy Solutions informed that it took part in a new climate grouping, dedicated to developing zero-emission vessels by 2030. The ‘Getting to Zero Coalition’ is a collaboration between the Global Maritime Forum, the Friends of Ocean Action, and the World Economic Forum.
The ‘Getting to Zero Coalition’ includes various industry players, such as equipment manufacturers, shipowners, energy companies and fuel providers, financial institutions, ports,...
https://safety4sea.com/man-energy-solutions-participates-in-getting-to-zero-coalition/
The campaign targets to promote career opportunities across the maritime sector around the UK, based on the work started by the Maritime UK Careers Promotion Forum. This is a grouping of industry bodies that...
https://safety4sea.com/uk-launches-maritime-careers-campaign/
Cruise ship giant Carnival Corporation announced a partnership with the University of West Florida (UWF) to enhance the company’s fleet-wide environmental officer training program with the launch of a new environmental training course.
The company’s Center for Simulator Maritime Training (CSMART) Academy, based in Netherlands, teamed up with UWF’s Innovation Institute to jointly develop and produce the new course, designed to foster a culture of environmental compliance.
The weeklong course...
Amid a growing interest across the maritime to boost its diversity and performance, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have launched a questionnaire in a bid to understand how the issue of diversity and inclusion is perceived in the shipping industry.
In the next 10 years, it is expected that the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) agenda will include issues of diversity and inclusion.
D&I is defined as a company’s mission, practices and strategy with the scope to achieve a...
https://safety4sea.com/ics-launches-questionnaire-on-shipping-diversity-and-inclusion/
The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) establishes a new task force with the goal of boosting the number of skilled people working in the UK’s offshore wind field. The task force is called ‘Investment in Talent Group’ and develops a passporting systems that will ensure that all energy fields acknowledge transferable skills and training, so that workers have the chance to move within the renewables and other technologies, and gain additional knowledge and expertise.
The task force consists...
https://safety4sea.com/investment-in-talent-group-initiative-brings-diversity-in-renewable-sector/
During the World Oceans Day event, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, highlighted the importance of a healthy and sustainable marine environment, while also he discussed that gender equality plays an important role in attempts of restoring and protecting the planet’s ocean.
The shipping industry is today more focused than ever in gender equality, as Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO stated that women that play crucial roles in understanding, exploring and sustainably managing the...
https://safety4sea.com/un-sec-gen-gender-equality-is-important-to-protect-our-planets-oceans/
The Diversity Study Group (DSG) is a newly formed group that will establish a centre of excellence to improve diversity and also boost variety all across the industry. The DSG consists of all forms in shipping as gender, ethnicity, age and regional differentiation.
According to DSG’s statement, it will launch a survey which will have the support and participation of a number of leading companies. Founder members of the Diversity Study Group include Ardmore Shipping and Peninsula Petroleum.
Prior...
https://safety4sea.com/newly-launched-diversity-study-group-boosts-diversity-in-shipping-industry/