Captain Breezy Grenier is the third particular person to certify beneath NAMEPA’s (North American Marine Surroundings Safety Affiliation) ESG Maritime Sustainability Passport (MSP) Program, introduced Carleen Lyden Walker, NAMEPA’s Co-Founder and CEO. Captain Grenier- a maritime skilled who engages in expedition logistics and planning; coaching improvement; joins analysis vessels and scientific expeditions as a area researcher or marine technician; operates vessels and serves as a area information for ecotourism ventures; and science communication, in addition to internet hosting and creating schooling and outreach programs- acquired her MSP by attaining a 60% rating or higher in NAMEPA’s enhanced program.
“We congratulate Captain Grenier for attaining NAMEPA’s Maritime Sustainability Passport and Seal,” said Ms. Walker. “She is a wonderful instance of a maritime skilled who incorporates sustainability in her actions and teachings.”
“Incomes the maritime sustainability passport is vital to me, not simply to validate my abilities or confirm legitimacy and competence to my efficiency, however the passport opens one other door to a world of potentialities” said Captain Grenier. “NAMEPA’s Maritime Sustainability Passport connects me to a community of assets and connections of like minded folks, with completely different backgrounds and cultures, the place many people see the identical issues, at completely different phases and angles, and we will use that data and expertise to assist create widespread sense options, as a substitute of throwing issues towards the wall and hoping it sticks. I’ve been from the North Pole all the way down to Antarctica, and even to 2,000 ft beneath the sea- a number of the most distant locations on the planet- and in every single place I’ve been, I’ve at all times seen plastic and rubbish particles. The extra we deliver these points to mild, it may possibly not keep out of sight, or out of thoughts.”
“NAMEPA has efficiently run its ESG MSP Program for almost three years and stays the one Sustainability credential designed particularly for the maritime business throughout all metrics (Environmental, Social and Governance)” said Walker. “We’ve got upgraded this system to incorporate an out of doors skilled, ESGplus LLC, to evaluate the submissions to this system to make sure the rigor and the credibility of our Maritime Sustainability Passport. Additional, now we have enhanced parts of the Six Transparency Pillars, together with increasing social and governance expectations corresponding to mariner welfare and DEI (Variety, Fairness and Inclusion.”
Captain Grenier was awarded the MSP by finishing all phases of this system, together with supplying supporting documentation for her claims. ESGplus LLC evaluated her submission to find out whether or not she met the ESG program’s standards, which, upon approval, made her eligible to obtain the MSP Certificates and Seal. Captain Grenier is the third particular person to obtain the MSP.
The purpose of NAMEPA’s ESG program is to judge an entity’s company governance, the surroundings, and the human component actions. This system offers assets to the maritime business as an entire and to particular firms and people who attempt to have interaction in business greatest practices and play a job in making a sustainable world surroundings, society, and financial system. Its Six Transparency Pillars are used as a foundation during which to evaluate the sustainable practices of a corporation, firm, or particular person.
The MSP Seal is used to indicate the participant met or exceeded this system’s benchmarks, which provide fundamental tips for the maritime business together with a Software Equipment to assist obtain them and develop greatest practices utilizing ESG rules. A few of the program’s advantages embrace elevated effectivity, stakeholder visibility and optimistic world affect and social license. NAMEPA’s ESG program was awarded the 2021 Green4Sea Initiative Award. The Green4Sea award is given to a corporation that has sparked, realized or considerably contributed with a selected initiative in direction of greener delivery. NAMEPA is extraordinarily pleased with its contribution to the maritime business with its ESG program being the primary, and nonetheless solely, identified requirements program particularly structured for the Maritime Trade.
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