SD Strategy Highlights

We will respect and care for our employees and other stakeholders, unlocking the potential for all of us to grow.

In 2018, CNCo:

• Employed 2,665 employees in 48 countries, with 1,038 being shore-based, and 1,627 seagoing employees;
• Provided fair and equitable remuneration and benefits to all its employees;
• Worked with consultancy firm, Green-Jakobsen, on enhancing our approach to safety and rolled out the Zero Harm campaign across CNCo fleet and our onshore offices globally;
• Ran Leadership Development programmes in Singapore to equip leaders and managers with competence and skills;
• Increased number of female seagoing officers to 19 from six in 2017;
• Invested in discretionary employee Training and Development:
  - 831 of our seagoing employees received 9,568 hours of training;
  - 655 of our shore-based employees received 3,210 hours of training.
• Presented 91 long-service employee appreciation awards (totalling 1,195 years with CNCo);
• Joined “Women's International Shipping & Trading Association” (WISTA) Singapore chapter.

We will help create a resilient environment that provides for our future.

In 2018, CNCo:

• Won the 2018 Seatrade Maritime Fuel Efficiency Award for our commitment to minimising emissions from our operations;
• Our efforts to improve fuel efficiency translated into USD 10 million in fuel savings and the reduction of 78,850 tCO₂ emissions to the environment;
• Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to address critical waste management issues in the Pacific Islands under the project Moana Taka Partnership;
• Continued to build capacity of the Ship Recycling Facilities in Alang, India where CNCo sustainably and responsibly recycles its vessels;
• Partnered with Endangered Species International (ESI) in the Philippines to make a difference and deliver results that benefit the environment of many of our seafarers;
• Continued being an active member of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative and Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative;
• Supported Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s commitment to protecting native whales.

We will work with communities wherever we operate to improve people's lives.

In 2018, CNCo:

• Supported Sailors’ Society and The Mission to Seafarers, both of which are dedicated to seafarers’ welfare around the globe;
• Have an established management trainee programme to invest in young talent;
• Signed an MOU with the University of the South Pacific to research new-generation, low-carbon ships for the Pacific region under Project Cerulean;
• Provided funding to upgrade infrastructure for Mahonia Na Dari (Guardian of the Sea) a Papua New Guinea based marine environment research and conservation education centre in Kimbe Bay;
• Assisted the UK National Oceanography Centre to collect data using CNCo vessels under Swire National Oceanographic Centre Ocean Monitoring System (SNOMS) programme;
• Signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) and became the newest major sponsor of the FRU with naming rights to the Fiji Warriors and Fiji Tuwawa Tens Team;
• Started to provide assistance to the Family Support Centre in Honiara, Solomon Islands on the programme: Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls in Solomon Islands;
• Supported ASSM Dependents Association, a not-for-profit organisation working with communities in the Philippines;
• Continued our support to Cricket Papua New Guinea in running Swire Shipping Talent ID Programme;
• Engaged employees in corporate volunteering programmes with Singapore-based employees spending 238 hours volunteering.