What is it about?

In this paper we analyze through 17 years of the newspaper Lloyds List to map the discourse on eco-certification schemes in the shipping industry. Our results indicate that the eco-certification environmental management tool has not permeated through the shipping industry and has hitherto not considerable effect on the greening of shipping.

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Why is it important?

Our results contribute to the debates on how to combine regulations with voluntary schemes, like eco-rating tools. Specially globalized industries, as shipping have a challenge to do so.

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Discourse analysis is a powerfool method to deconstruct the way actors in a given industry power play their interests, and to assess the diffusion of given environmental management tools.

Dr Roberto Rivas Hermann
Nord Universitet

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This page is a summary of: Do eco-rating schemes improve the environmental performance of ships?, Marine Policy, January 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.006.
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