The SSI has a vision of a shipping industry that is both profitable and sustainable by 2040.
Financing Sustainable Shipping is one of four action plans to kick-start the implementation of our Vision for 2040. This programme will run from April 2012 - September 2013.
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2. The challenge
• Markets and behaviours hinder uptake of new
technologies and techniques that could improve the
sustainability of shipping
• For example, investment in energy efficiency does not
guarantee financial reward from the fuel savings
• How to share the risk of retrofit to encourage the uptake of
new technologies
3. The opportunity
Aligning
Incentives and Risk
to significantly
increase the uptake
of new sustainable
technologies and
techniques
4. SSI vision
We want to develop financial solutions that reward
sustainable performance and enable large-scale uptake of
innovation, technology, design and operational efficiencies
The shipping industry is
making best use of financing
to drive sustainability
5. Our solution –
unique innovation
group
We’re convening a group of
shipping and finance
experts to innovate new
ways of distributing
financial risk and return that
enable increased
investment in sustainable
technologies or techniques
6. Fewer
negative
impacts from
shipping
Benefits of this
collaborative Increased
work stream awareness of
the role of
financial
solutions
Engaged
stakeholders
Self- from both
Industry
sustaining shipping and
support for
groups to finance
new
implement
approaches
pilots
7. Some examples of financial models…
Sustainable Technology Fund
Financial packages with incentives for Sustainable
Technologies
Financial Models that share the risk of adopting
Sustainable Technologies by multiple parties in the
supply chain (technology providers, owner/operator,
financial institution)
8. • Launch Apr-Sep 2012 • Extensive Jan 2013 • Preparing for
workstream research, piloting of
• Set detailed development solution and
• Engage and testing • Refining broad
scope and solution
challenge stakeholders of promotion
• Initial research ‘prototypes’ and • September
• Workshop to • Involve planning 2013 launch
form the basis academics roadmap
of solutions and sector for pilot (1
day
Apr 2012 Oct – Dec 2012
workshop)
Feb – Sept 2013
9. Joining us – who and why
Ship owners and charterers
Technology providers
Shipping finance institutions
Legal and accountancy professionals
+ First mover advantage
+ Increased profitability, market share, diversity
+ Demonstrate leadership
+ Strong and active collaborative innovation
and product development groups
10. New ways of
financing are crucial to making cost effective
sustainable technologies and practices widespread in
the industry and rewarding those making investments
and taking risks
11. Outcomes
Short term:
• a suite of new ideas
for financial models
• we will have delivered at
Long term:
least one new financial pilot.
The shipping industry is
making best use of
financing to drive
sustainability