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Green Marine-WOC partnership targets maritime sustainability
Voluntary environmental certification program Green Marine and international cross-sectoral alliance World Ocean Council (WOC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve maritime…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/green-marine-woc-partnership-targets-maritime-sustainability/
WOC and WISTA ink MoU to strengthen women’s leadership in oceans
In order to boost women’s leadership in the maritime and ocean business community, the World’s Ocean Council (WOC) and the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) are about to collaborate and sign an MoU, on 20 November at the annual WOC Sustainable Ocean Summit 2019 in Paris.
Signing the MoU, WOC and WISTA will further expand women’s major role in the Sustainable Blue Economy, giving them the ability to amplify their voice globally. The MoU, will be signed at the 7th...
https://safety4sea.com/woc-and-wista-to-strengthen-womens-leadership-in-oceans/
Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) 2018 report released
Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) 2018 report released
The World Ocean Council, the unique global Blue Economy Business Organization, brings together the ocean business and investment community to work on Corporate Ocean Responsibility.
The annual WOC Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) convenes these ocean industry stakeholders around the key challenges of ocean sustainable development and sets the stage for the coming year’s efforts on implementing business leadership, collaboration and action.
The 6th...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/06/10/sustainable-ocean-summit-sos-2018-report-released/
World Oceans Day – Investing in Ocean Futures – SOS 2019
World Oceans Day – Investing in Ocean Futures – SOS 2019 Launches Program for Sustainable Ocean Summit 2019 (20-22 November, Paris)
7 June 2019
Every day is World Oceans Day at the World Ocean Council. And every day presents opportunities for investment and innovation in ocean health and sustainable development.
With the theme of “Investing in Ocean Futures: Finance and Innovation for the Blue Economy”, the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) 2019 (20-22 November, Paris) will be the foremost...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/06/07/world-oceans-day-investing-in-ocean-futures-sos-2019/
International Offshore Development Congress (28-29 Apr, Abu Dhabi) Invites WOC as Strategic Partner
International Offshore Development Congress (28-29 Apr, Abu Dhabi) Invites WOC as Strategic Partner
WOC to Speak on “The Future of Offshore Oil and Gas: Exploration and Production in a Crowded, Impacted, Multiple-Use Ocean” at IODC 2019
10 April 2019
WOC CEO Paul Holthus has been invited to speak in the panel on “Facing Current Offshore Business Challenges” at the 1st International Offshore Development Congress (IODC), Abu Dhabi, 28-29 April 2019.
With the theme of “Delivering the Future Together...
GloFouling project kicks off to protect marine biodiversity
A major five-year project to help protect marine biodiversity has been kick-started at a global workshop at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom (18-20 March).
The IMO-executed GloFouling Partnerships project will address bioinvasions by organisms which can build up on ships’ hulls and other marine structures.
The project is a collaboration between the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IMO. Representatives from 12 lead partnering...
EU-PolarNet White Papers released
Five White Papers Published by EU-PolarNet, within which the WOC is a Working Partner, as a Follow-Up to 2018 Workshop Working Towards an Integrated European Polar Research Program
6 March 2019
The EU-PolarNet White Paper Workshop convened 50 international experts in La Cristalera, Spain, in September 2018, with the aim of drafting a set of policy documents that highlights issues in both the Arctic and Antarctic that urgently need to be addressed – and to which European polar research could make...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/06/eu-polarnet-white-papers-released/
WOC COO on “The Role of Shipping in The Blue Economy” at GST Europe, 20-21 March
World Ocean Council COO Christine Valentin will be Speaking on “The Role of Shipping in ‘The Blue Economy’” at GST Europe, 20-21 March, Copenhagen
17 February 2019 – With the theme of “A New Dawn for Sustainable Shipping: 2020 to 2050”, Green Ship Technology (GST) 2019 (20-21 March, Copenhagen) will be focusing on solutions to decarbonize the shipping industry and minimize its environmental impact – from the sulphur cap and BWM convention, to climate change and ocean plastics.
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Empowering women leadership for ocean sustainability
Women’s leadership in the ocean business community is advancing year after year bringing both challenges and opportunities especially regarding ocean sustainable development and the Blue Economy. There is no doubt that in the future shipping industry, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, seabed mining, cruise, renewable energy, ports, dredging, mining, marine science; engineering and technology, maritime legal, financial and insurance communities etc. will need more women in leadership roles....
https://safety4sea.com/cm-empowering-women-leadership-for-ocean-sustainability/