Corporate Social Responsibility in the Maritime Industry - Lisa Loloma Froholdt (Editor) [2018, PDF]

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Maritime Industry

Year: 2018
Language: english
Author: Lisa Loloma Froholdt (Editor)
Genre: Research papers
Publisher: Springer and WMU
ISBN: 978-3-319-69143-5
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 303
Description: This book captures the intersection of two major waves of changes; why is catching this intersection important and why now? To quote the editor, ‘We need industry, the regulators, education and research—the whole triple helix!’ to get together to ‘make our planet great again’, to quote President Macron. That this work, which stands at the intersection of these two significant waves of change, is published in a book by the World Maritime University (WMU) is a fitting example of synergy and the importance of these two waves of change. My hope is that this publication will spur and support another wave of change in the shipping and logistic sector showing that CSR is not just about regulations but also about voluntary actions—it also offers concrete proof that small-scale voluntary action is decidedly a positive step to making ‘our planet great again’.
The two waves of change are the following: one wave is related to the change in perception and understanding of the term ‘maritime’—originating as a term to refer to the carrying of cargo by ships going back to early settlements and now used to encompass the complete logistic chain from manufacturer to consumer where ships are a vital part of a complex logistic chain. The focus on ships and logistics tends to hide the other facet of the term ‘maritime’, namely, the biodiversity, ecosystem services and resources in our oceans and the use/misuse of those resources. The second wave of change is that of corporate social responsibility (CSR)/sustainability. CSR has shifted from a focus on social justice and philanthropy to the concept of planet, people and profit well illustrated by the publication of the first-ever interna- tional consensus standard on (C)SR ‘Guidance on social responsibility’ ISO 26000:2010 where the term (C)SR encompasses planet, people and profit. The two terms CSR and sustainability are used interchangeably. And for good reason, sustainability can be tracked back to the first UN conference in Stockholm in 1972 and the subsequent publication of Our Common Future in 1986, which led to many twists and turns to the agreement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015.
Additional info: More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11556