Shipping

Last week, the 16 members of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative gathered at the historic (and very hot) Fort Canning, Singapore. We were at Singapore Maritime Week to announce the practical actions we’re taking to make our Vision for a ...

Forum - Blog - Sam Kimmins - 02/05/2012 - 5:13pm - 0 comments

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) brings together some of the biggest names in the maritime sector to plan how it can contribute to - and thrive in - a sustainable future. ...

Forum - Project - Ulrike Stein - 11/05/2012 - 6:03pm - 3 comments

It’s a beautiful sunny day in Seoul, and members of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative are meeting at the offices of Korean shipyard DSME to finalise plans to develop a Closed Loop Materials Management system for shipping. In short, ...

Forum - Blog - Sam Kimmins - 30/04/2012 - 6:13pm - 0 comments

The news in recent days of a standoff between a Chinese fishing vessel and the Philipene navy is gaining more and more attention. Two important weak signals have come out of this conflict. First, China’s response. China intervened in the ...

Forum - Blog - Alexa Schubert - 17/04/2012 - 2:15pm - 0 comments

I get asked this question a fair amount by colleagues who work with me here in Geneva but also around the world, especially in Asia. Cargill is a member of Forum for the Future and recently joined the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) and has ...

Forum - Blog - Anonymous - 19/12/2011 - 10:36am - 0 comments

I’m looking forward to our next Sustainable Shipping Initiative  (SSI) meeting in Helsinki, in just over one week’s time. Around the table will be 17 giants of shipping from right along the value chain: Shipping lines including ...

Forum - Blog - Sam Kimmins - 05/08/2011 - 10:24am - 0 comments

This week Forum for the Future is launching an ambitious new strategy: we want to create a step change in the sustainability of our food, energy and finance using system innovation. Our Sustainable Shipping Initiative is a good example of ...

Forum - Blog - Stephanie Draper - 06/09/2011 - 3:18pm - 1 comment

Take a look around you as you read these words, at the objects that make up your life. You’re using a computer or smart phone made in China, the wood for your desk came from the Far East, as did most of your clothes. The fuel in your car’s tank ...

Forum - Blog - Rupert Fausset - 21/06/2011 - 3:44pm - 1 comment

Long considered one of the world's 'invisible industries', shipping is now looking ...

Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 05/07/2011 - 9:17am - 0 comments

Ed Gillespie charts the pleasures, or otherwise, of a plane-free course around the globe. ...

Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 06/07/2011 - 2:19pm - 1 comment