Japanese shipping giant NYK Line has welcomed their sustainable development initiatives being mentioned during a recent speech at the United nations (U.N) headquarters in New York during #GlobalGoals Week.
The speech was made by Remi Eriksen, group president and CEO of DNV GL during the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly.
In fact, the shipping line was the only Japanese company mentioned to be promoting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.
The NYK initiatives mentioned included the following:
- Contribution to “Decent Work and Economic Growth” by building a maritime academy in the Philippines and allowing for the transfer of a professional skill to the people of a developing country.
- A reduction of emissions and an improvement in operation safety through the use of the eco-friendly navigation support systems incorporated in the concept ship “NYK Super Eco-Ship 2030,” in addition to cooperation between crew members and onshore personnel for the use of Big Data and the IoT.
- In accordance with Japanese government’s aim to increase exports of agricultural, forest, and fishery products to \1 trillion by 2020 which is twice the level of 2012, NYK group’s proactive technology development of controlled atmosphere (CA) containers will make the transport of agriculture from Japan to developing countries feasible.
The “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was adopted at the U.N. Summit in September 2015 and established SDGs to realise a global society by 2030.
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