AND FINALLY... It has been another busy start to the year at V.Group and as always we’ve been out in the media talking about some of the key issues and topics that matter to you and us. So, in case you missed it, here’s a flavour of what we’ve been up to. With the shipping industry facing an increased amount of scrutiny in regard to its environmental practices, we recently committed to join IMPA SAVE. The group represents global ship owners and maritime suppliers who are responding to the United Nations’ universal call for action to promote prosperity while protecting the environment. The first project focuses on reducing the use of plastic drinking water bottles by 2025. Single-use plastic is a significant threat to life in the ocean and the planet as a whole. In line with V.Group and Oceanic Catering’s latest commitment to drive towards eliminating single- use plastics, and our goal of ZERO pollution from plastic waste at sea and continuously minimising the generation of shipboard waste, joining IMPA SAVE reinforces our commitment to collaborate across the industry for the preservation of the marine environment. You will also see more about this soon with our water drinking solutions that we will be talking about in the coming months. Also, V.Group recently joined 750 companies and organisations in signing the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change which calls for recognition of seafarers as key workers and being given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines. And finally, our latest ‘Life After Lockdown’ discussion paper has gone out about how we can attract the best and brightest talent to our amazing industry, so if you haven’t seen it but would like to do let us know. And that’s all for this issue. We hope you found this of interest. As always, if you would like any further information or to see how we can help you please do get in touch, bjoern.sprotte@vgrouplimited.com Thanks and stay safe Bjoern
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