ESG Awards and Conference 2023 Conference
The much awaited ESG Awards and Conference 2023, well prepared by Katerina Stathopoulou and Helena Athousaki, kick started in Athens’ Hyatt Hotel. After the opening remarks by the organisers, Manolis Koutoulakis, Secretary General of Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy took the podium for the first keynote speech.
He was followed by Dr. George D. Pateras, President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and Shipping’s very eloquent ambassador and an ever present personality in conferences, fora, symposiums and debates.
Thereafter the first panel discussion begun; titled: Leadership on ESG; the Thematic covering: Sustainability Integration, Building an ESG Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Reporting ESG performance with Dimitrios Vastarouchas DCOO, CSO & Technical Director from Danaos Corporation, Dimitris Balamatsas, ESG Manager from Neptune Lines Shipping and Managing Enterprises SA, Georgia Fardellou Operational and Strategic, Project Manager from Star Bulk Carriers Corp. The moderator was Katerina Ronga, Partner, Risk Advisory, Sustainability and Climate Leader, from Deloitte.
And Artemis Polemis (pictured above), Chemical Engineer, Shipping GHG Manager, EMICERT presenting her paper on ESG Alert: EU ETS & Climate Law regulation.
We shall revert with a full write up; watch this space!
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Update:
Panel 2 was on “Preserving the Environment”; its Thematic was on Environmental Life Cycle, Sustainable Financing and Circular Economy
Companies and personnel participating:
Danaos Corporation, Evi Politi, R&D Director, Euronav Ship Management, Katerina Sarri, Finance Manager & Controller, Laskaridis Shipping, Catherine Prifti, DPA-HSQE Director, Prime Marine, Stavros Niotis, Chief Sustainability Officer, Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., Vasileios Petousis, Energy and Sustainability Officer
Moderating the panel: Vassilis Dimoulas, Technology & Innovation Director, Bureau Veritas
Panel 3 was on “Transitioning to Net Zero” and its Thematic: “Decarbonization plan, Alternative energy, Eco efficiency, AI Decision making tools”, a very tentative group of issues
Companies and personnel participating:
Anemoi Marine Technologies, Kim Diederichsen, CEO, Avin International Ltd., Michael Androulakakis, Technical Manager, Deepsea Technologies, Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, CEO, Diana Shipping Inc, Avraam Gelegenis – Superintendent Engineer, Grimaldi Group, Elena Visone, Naval Architect and Marine Engineer, and Star Bulk Carriers Corp, Fotis Belexis, Technical Director.
The panel was moderator by Andreas Kyrilis , Partner at BAIN & Company
According to my …Man in Habana who was present, worth noting that it was a “very well attended event, but …no opportunity for the audience to ask/share questions publicly.”
Moreover, “Unusually for a shipping event 50/50 men/women participation”; excellemous as we say!.
Add the fact that “Most panellists from large/listed companies who have resources to deal with ESG expectations”.
Worth noting that “Small companies still not convinced there is any commercial advantage in joining the ESG bandwagon since charterers/ports/banks do not offer any premiums.”; I guess this will change one way or another…
Finally, it was “Good to share thoughts/experiences/aspirations and very much appreciate the good organisation”.
Uploaded 20 Oct 2023 at 08:49 BST
Updated 20 Oct 2023 at 19:25 BST
