ICS and BIMCO hit back in environmental tit-for-tat

© Jonathan Eastland

Yesterday non-profit organisation InfluenceMap released its report into the corporate influence on environmental regulations – or lack of – adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and claimed that business interests were more pervasive in the maritime sector than any other. They were, it claimed, effectively keeping shipping outside global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Today, shipping publication Splash24/7 has gained a response from two of the organisations identified as wielding the greatest influence on UN representatives to the IMO – the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and BIMCO. We invite readers to judge the veracity of their responses…