H απονομή των πρώτων ESG Awards της ελληνικής ναυτιλίας, πραγματοποιήθηκε την Τρίτη 30 Μαΐου 2023, σε μια εντυπωσιακή τελετή στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών, η οποία συγκέντρωσε το σύνολο των ανθρώπων της ελληνικής και παγκόσμιας ναυτιλίας.
Από την πρώτη στιγμή η Marine Tours αναγνώρισε τη σημασία αυτής της εξαιρετικής πρωτοβουλίας και αγκάλιασε την διοργάνωση που στόχο έχει να επιβραβεύσει τις ελληνικές ναυτιλιακές εταιρείες που πρωτοπορούν εδώ και δεκαετίες απέναντι στις προκλήσεις της εποχής, αναπτύσσοντας δράσεις και πρακτικές για την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος, την προαγωγή της κοινωνικής συνοχής και των αρχών της εταιρικής διακυβέρνησης.
Ο κ. Κωνσταντίνος Οικονόμου, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της Marine Tours, παρευρέθηκε στην τελετή απονομής για να τιμήσει με το βραβείο “ESG People” στις εταιρείες
Gold : DIANA SHIPPING SERVICES S.A. (Together for Good programme)
Silver: NEPTUNE LINES SHIPPING AND MANAGING ENTERPRISES SA (Silver Leadership & Development programme)
Bronze: LATSCO SHIPPING LIMITED (People Wellness & Rewards programme)
Κατά την ομιλία του, ο κ. Οικονόμου, ανέφερε μεταξύ άλλων: “Στη Marine Tours μοιραζόμαστε το ίδιο όραμα και δεσμευόμαστε να κάνουμε όσα μας αναλογούν και ακόμα περισσότερα για ένα πιο βιώσιμο μέλλον. Τοποθετούμε τη βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη στην κορυφή των προτεραιοτήτων μας και ευθυγραμμιζόμαστε με τις αρχές του ESG. Με προσήλωση, επιταχύνουμε τις προσπάθειές μας για να κάνουμε τη διαχείριση ταξιδίου –και κάθε ταξιδίου– πιο βιώσιμη.
Σήμερα, είμαστε εδώ για να αποδώσουμε ένα βραβείο (το people award) που κάθε άλλο παρά τυχαίο είναι για εμάς, αφού εδώ και 40 χρόνια, έχουμε συνδέσει το όνομά μας με το ανθρώπινο δυναμικό της ναυτιλίας και τα ταξίδια πληρωμάτων και ναυτιλιακών στελεχών σε όλο τον κόσμο.
Και αποτελεί μεγάλη μας χαρά να τιμάμε αυτούς που αναδεικνύουν τον ανθρώπινο παράγοντα ως έναν ρόλο καταλύτη στην επίτευξη ενός πιο βιώσιμου αύριο για τη ναυτιλία μας.”
Με περισσότερες από 200 υποψηφιότητες σε 11 κατηγορίες βραβείων, η πρώτη τελετή των ESG Shipping Awards παγκοσμίως, κατέδειξε την αποδοχή της από την ελληνική ναυτιλιακή κοινότητα και έθεσε ασφαλείς βάσεις για τη μετάβαση της ναυτιλίας σε μια νέα εποχή βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης.
Αναλυτικά, στις 11 ξεχωριστές κατηγορίες βράβευσης, η κατάταξη των νικητών είχε ως εξής:
ESG LEADER Award
Gold: NEPTUNE LINES SHIPPING AND MANAGING ENTERPRISES SA
Silver: STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP.
Bronze: DANAOS CORPORATION
Environment Award
Gold: DANAOS CORPORATION (Environmental Life Cycle Assessment)
Silver: EURONAV SHIP MANAGEMENT (Sustainable Financing)
Bronze: LASKARIDIS SHIPPING (BlueCycle programme)
Climate Change Award
Gold: STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP. (Decarbonization Action Plan)
Silver: DIANA SHIPPING INC. (Sustainability Linked Loan)
Bronze: SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP. (ΑΙ Decision Making Tools)
Eco efficiency Award
Gold: GRIMALDI GROUP (Hybrid Ro-Ro vessels)
Silver: PRIME MARINE (Eco-efficiency Programme)
Bronze: DEEPSEA TECHNOLOGIES (Artificial Intelligence based voyage planning)
Social Award
Gold: STEM SHIPPING (Strategy for equal opportunities)
Silver: DIANIK BROSS SHIPPING CORPORATION SA (Social strategy)
Bronze: CENTURY BULK CARRIERS MANAGEMENT CO (Human Relations Department)
Health & Safety Award
Gold: LATSCO SHIPPING LIMITED (Occupational Health & Safety Management System)
Silver: SURVITEC SAFETY SOLUTIONS HELLAS SA (GHOST (Global Health & Occupational Safety Team)
Bronze: ARCADIA SHIPMANAGEMENT CO LTD (Safety Protection Programme)
People Award
Gold : DIANA SHIPPING SERVICES S.A. ( Together for Good programme)
Silver: NEPTUNE LINES SHIPPING AND MANAGING ENTERPRISES SA (Silver Leadership & Development programme)
Bronze: LATSCO SHIPPING LIMITED (People Wellness & Rewards programme)
Community Contribution Awards
Gold: ATTICA GROUP (Support local communities)
Silver: LASKARIDIS SHIPPING CO. LTD. SILVER (ANA – PNOI programme)
Bronze: HELLENIC HULL MANAGEMENT (“Joining hands with the world.”)
Governance Award
Gold: DANAOS CORPORATION (Corporate Governance program)
Silver: STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP. (INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY plan)
Bronze: DIANA SHIPPING INC. (Credible Board Structure)
Business Ethics Award
Gold: ATTICA GROUP (Regulation of Professional Conduct & Business Ethics)
Silver: AEGEAN SHIPPING MANAGEMENT SA (Business Ethics programme)
Bronze: PIONEER MARINE GROUP OF COMPANIES (Standards of business Conduct & Ethics)
Technology Award
Gold: SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP. (Collaborative Package of Energy Efficiency Technologies)
Silver: AVIN INTERNAIONAL LTD (“Ammonia Ready” Suezmax Tankers)
Bronze: ANEMOI MARINE TECHNOLOGIES (Modern mechanical sails – Rotor Sails)
Motivation Awards
NAVIGATOR CONSULTING (Stakeholder Engagement & Youth empowerment)
ΟΡΓΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΛΙΜΕΝΟΣ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΥ (Sustainable Facilities)
Mr. Alexopoulos has 25 years of experience in shipping, banking and maritime finance. He is a partner of Eurofin Group; a ship-financing boutique with offices in London, Athens, Singapore and Lausanne. He is the Managing Director of the Group’s Athens office and a key part of the Eurofin team, which acts as a Consultant to KfW IPEX-Bank for its Greek debt shipping portfolio. He is a teaching fellow at the ALBA Graduate Business School, specialising in Shipping Finance and Maritime Economics and acts as a Consultant on Shipping Finance to the World Maritime University, of the IMO, in Malmo, Sweden.
Dr. Christodoulou-Varotsi is a senior legal consultant (member of the Athens Bar Association) and industry trainer in private practice specialised in Maritime and EU law and policies. Visiting lecturer at ALBA Graduate Business School ACG. Highly experienced law drafter (Cypriot law). She provides specialized consulting services in the capacity of sub-contractor to the European Commission and EMSA. Projects with Lloyd’s Maritime Academy and DNV Maritime Academy Hellas (MLC 2006). Honorary Visiting Fellow, Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton. Author of five books with international publishers. Iliana holds all her degrees, including her PhD with the highest distinction, from the Faculty of Laws of Paris Sorbonne University. Additional exposure through post-doctoral research.
Mr. Teriakidis has completed studies of B.Eng. in Naval architecture at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne as well as of a M.Sc. at Strathclyde University of Glasgow. Upon completion of his studies, he joined DNV office of Dubai where we worked in various positions. In August 2008 he joined DNV Piraeus working in business development roles. Since June 2019, he is the Area Manager for Area East Med. And Black sea for DNV Maritime.
Mr. Tzevelekos is native Greek, born in Athens in 1969. He started his professional path with an apprenticeship at Lufthansa in Greece in 1992, in the faculty of Airline business administration. He has held various positions with the company ever since, including all management positions of the local sales organization. In 2017, he became the first non-expatriate General Manager of the company for Greece and Cyprus. In 2021, the responsibility of three additional markets in Balkan was also taken over.
Mr. Kartsimadakis, born in the renowned seafaring island of Chios, Greece, grew up in a seafaring family and graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy of Chios as an Engineer. He has served as Senior Engine Officer on oceangoing bulk carriers & diverse tanker vessels and was awarded an MSc with distinction in Maritime Management by the University of Aegean. He holds a Chief Engineer’s License following his service at sea. As of 2011, he has been serving in the Vetting Department of the Tsakos Group of Companies, being entrusted the senior role of Group’s Vetting & Inspections Manager as of 2016. In 2021 he joined INTERTANKO as Vetting Manager Secondee.
Mr. Jakobsen is one of the founders of Green-Jakobsen established in 2001. He is a facilitator/instructor, a trained mediator and a NLP Master Practitioner, authorized by the Danish Maritime Authority as Safety & Health Instructor and certified user of the Thomas PPA system. He is the Managing Director of Green-Jakobsen, Manila, Philippines. He is a certified Master Mariner and has working experience as a Crewing Manager and Nautical Superintendent. His core competencies cover Leadership learning and development, Marine HR and safety strategy development, Marine HR learning and development processes and competence management.
Mr. Jones spent a decade working as a navigation officer. He has a Chief Officer certificate and Masters degrees in Communications and International Relations. After working in a range of shore-based roles he founded the Seafarers Happiness Index to address the concerns of crew, ensuring the voice of those at sea is heard, and is proud to work with the MIssion to Seafarers in doing so. He is Past President of the Propeller Club Liverpool, an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Trustee of the Battle of the Atlantic Memorial.
Dr. Pyne is Principal Investigator for the EU Erasmus+ funded ‘SkillSea’ project; Future proof skills for the maritime transport sector. The SkillSea project aims to ensure that Europe’s maritime professionals possess key digital, green and soft management skills for the rapidly-changing maritime labour market. It seeks to not only produce a sustainable skills strategy, but also to increase the number of these professionals – enhancing the safety and efficiency of this vital sector. Liverpool John Moores University has been engaged in Maritime Education and Training since 1852. LOOM was established in 1998.
Mr. Oikonomou holds a long and holistic experience in the travel management industry from key positions as Budgeting, Supplier Negotiations, Sales and Marketing and since 2013 he is the CEO of the leading Travel Management Group in Greece, Marine Tours. His “can do” philosophy, crisis management skills, innovative thinking and clarity of vision have carried Marine Tours through extremely rapid and continuous growth. He is an expert in travel management strategy and cost optimization and a dynamic speaker at various conferences locally and internationally.
Dr. Progoulaki is an Adjunct Lecturer of Human Resources in Shipping in the MBA and MSc programmes at ALBA Graduate Business School. She is also Senior Consultant and the Regional Representative for Green-Jakobsen A/S in Greece and Cyprus. She has a long experience in consultancy, teaching and international research in Maritime Human Resources and Crew Management, Cross-Cultural Management in Shipping, interpersonal skills, and the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC2006). Dr. Progoulaki combines an academic background in shipping, international research and teaching practice with professional experience and working in the international maritime context.