The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) and the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), have announced the launch of a new project focusing on seafarers’ labour and human rights. The project, otherwise known as Delivering on seafarers’ rights, will seek to develop a human rights code of conduct for charterers, and a roadmap for tackling systemic challenges which create human rights risks for seafarers. This project will see charterers play an active role in raising the industry’s bar through the development of an industry code of conduct for actors across the shipping value chain. Based on international labour and human rights standards and principles, this work will bring charterers, shipowners, and operators together for collective action, increasing transparency and driving positive change.
