Initiative : Vessel-Level Welfare Indicators, a Shared Industry Ambition

Under our Human Risk and Resilience platform, SSI is working on one of the most persistent gaps in maritime welfare: the lack of shared definitions and shared indicators for what good looks like at the vessel level.

Welfare data exists across the industry, but it sits in different systems, uses different definitions, and rarely allows for meaningful comparison. Without a shared basis for measurement, welfare risk stays invisible to the operational and commercial decisions that could act on it.

To address this, SSI has been running a structured programme of evidence gathering, including seafarer workshops, seafarer surveys, industry leadership surveys, and research interviews, alongside in person workshops and a convening of the industry's membership bodies to test what a shared approach could look like in practice.

Our ambition is to work with industry to collectively build a shared set of vessel level welfare indicators that can support accelerated, visible progress in day-to-day shipping operations. This is not about adding another reporting requirement. It is about giving the industry a common language for welfare that can be used consistently across owners, operators, charterers, insurers and investors.

For more information contact the SSI Secretariat below.