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www.maritimeprofessional.com Maritime Professional 49 CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES ?It is not just about ship emissions, and fuel efficiency, although we are helping shipowners with that. It is about sustainability across the whole range of human activity.? ? Ugo Salerno, CEO, RINA GREEN PLUS ? MORE THAN ONE MEANING One example of joined up green thinking is to combine environmental certification with health and safety systems. Italian shipping Group Ignazio Messina attainedEnvironmental (ISO 14001) and Health and Safety (OHSAS 18001) certification for all its activities, including its logistics chain and for the same group RINA is overseeing the build- ing of four highly sophisticated environmentally friendly ro- ro container vessels in Korea. The 45,200 dwt vessels will be the first cargo ships to have RINA?s highest voluntary envi- ronmental certification, Green Plus. It will be awarded based on an environmental performance index which covers all aspects of the vessels? impact on the environment, including carbon emissions. RINA?s first Green Plus environmental notation in the cruise industry was awarded to the recently delivered 3,800- passenger vessel Costa Favolosa. Delivered by Fincantieri, Venezia Yard, to Costa Crociere, vessel exceeds the environ- mental requirements set down by international conventions. It achieved Green Plus status by scoring highly across the Green Plus scheme, with especially high scores in the areasof automated recycling, optimization of air conditioning, effi- cient devices to maintain the optimum draft and trim and by having a Green Passport. RINA: DIVERSIFIED, GREEN, GLOBAL ? AND LOCAL, TOO. ?RINA is already a strongly diversified group operating globally in almost all industries to deliver safety, environ- mental and quality standards. Our focus now is to invest in developing countries, China, Central Asia, Brazil, India are examples. We are also the European leader in fields such as social accountability, and see markets for those services growing, too,? Salerno sums up. ?So our five year plan is quite simple ? to put people and services where the clientsneed them, and to identify our clients? needs across all indus- tries, then work in a multi-disciplinary way to meet those in a way which knits them together sustainably.? MP #4 (34-49):MP Layouts 11/8/2011 2:13 PM Page 49