1 Platonos & 18 Sotiros Dios,
Piraeus, Attiki, 185 35, Greece

ESG in Shipping

Dates:

5,7,12& 14 May 2025

Duration:

4 Online Sessions

Hours:

19:00 – 21:30 (GMT +03)

Fees:

500

(Including tuition fees & reading material)

ICS Members are eligible to a discount 20% on all HMC Professional Maritime Seminars

The seminar is designed to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) principles and their profound impact on shaping sustainable and responsible business strategies within the shipping industry. Delve into the regulatory landscape, emerging market trends, and the transformative power of ESG to unlock long-term value returns.

SPECIFIC AREAS

Key drivers of ESG, the market and developing trends
Opportunities, benefits and challenges of ESG for the shipping industry
ESG regulatory framework (Green Deal, Fit for 55, EU taxonomy etc), reporting standards and ratings agencies
Governance structure, Sustainability policies and Procedures
Sustainable finance and ESG investing
Climate Change Risk and Decarbonisation strategy in Shipping
Carbon Markets and offsetting
ESG target setting and performance monitoring
Sustainability and ESG Communication
ESG Shipping Benchmarking

ONLINE LEARNING

The seminar will be delivered exclusively online by fully tutored learning through 4 sessions. Once your registration is completed, you will receive an email with all the information and the link for the webinars.

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Tutors

Helena Athoussaki
Head of ESG, Sustainability & Climate Change – MOTOR OIL GROUP

Paraskevas Kousounadis is a Chartered Certified Accountant with extensive shipping experience in accounting and finance. He is presently employed as a Finance Manager by a long-established Greek ship management company. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Accounting, as well as in Biomedical Sciences. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), the FCCA Greek Advisory Committee, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece, the Economic Chamber of Greece and the Shipping Professional Network of London. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor ISM-ISPS-MLC for Shipping Companies by DNV-GL.
He has excellent knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, as well as a thorough understanding of financial audit and internal control systems both ashore and onboard. He teaches Shipping Accounting at HMC/ICS Greek Branch.