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Why cutting-edge technologies require considered adoption | New Civil Engineer Civil engineers should therefore ensure that they are approaching new technologies in a way that complements their abilities, without risking harm.

Op-ed: Why cutting-edge technologies require considered adoption

✒️ Lloyd's Register Foundation programme manager Muntasir Hashim (@lrfheritage.bsky.social)

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Skilled People for Safer Engineering 👇

We fund initiatives that build a global evidence base and upskill engineers where they are most needed to ensure our built environment remains safe, sustainable and resilient to the effects of climate change.

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It starts at the top: how leaders shape organisational safety In this blog, Giulia Maistrello, Bhavya Singh and Nick Fahy from RAND Europe unpack findings from a new report from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre -exploring how leaders influence occupational safety and health (OSH) outcomes.

How do leaders influence occupational safety and health outcomes?

In this blog, Giulia Maistrello, Bhavya Singh & Nick Fahy from RAND Europe explore this question and what it means for senior leaders, standard-setters, and those shaping the future of workplace safety.

🔗 https://loom.ly/F0ZWSE8

A new collaboration by The University of Southampton’s Wolfson Unit, The Seafarers’ Charity and the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety is helping address the shortage of vessel stability expertise in South Africa- funded by Lloyd's Register Foundation.

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From #fishing safety to maritime law, Lloyd's Register Foundation champions diverse voices, evidence, and collaboration for a safer, sustainable #maritime future. Find out more in our ‘A Year of Impact’ report: https://loom.ly/TCVMbwA

How can senior managers help to shape occupational safety and health (#OSH) outcomes? Learn more in our report ‘The role of leadership and governance in occupational safety and health’: https://loom.ly/6Ck71jc

New tools released to support global search and rescue climate readiness With climate pressures rising, the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) has launched Phase 2 of #FutureSAR, funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, to help rescue organisations assess risks, plan adaptation and share learning worldwide.

The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) has launched Phase 2 of its #FutureSAR initiative, funded by Lloyd's Register Foundation, to help search and rescue organisations prepare for the growing impact of climate change.

Read more about the programme: https://loom.ly/A__ZT2Q

In 2025, we funded 81 new projects across 21 countries, totalling more than £16 million.

Read more about our work in 2025. Explore our ‘Year of Impact’ report now 🔗 https://loom.ly/LRPig_Q

New funding opportunity now open 👇

The next round of our small grants scheme opened today – offering up to £10,000 GBP in funding for organisations who are interested in advancing our mission of engineering a safer world. Applications are open until April 13th.

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How does leadership and governance affect occupational safety and health? In this blog, Malcolm Staves, Global Vice President of Health and Safety at L’Oréal describes how his company uses safety leadership to drive better outcomes. Read now: https://loom.ly/umYfcmM

Published today – a new report by our Global Safety Evidence Centre explores the role of leadership and governance in improving global occupational safety and health outcomes (#OSH).

Read now - https://loom.ly/6Ck71jc

Throughout 2025, Lloyd’s Register Foundation has continued to champion safety and drive meaningful change. Despite ongoing global challenges, our commitment to our mission to engineer a safer world has never been stronger.

Read our ‘A Year of Impact’ report – launched today: https://loom.ly/LRPig_Q

Today, we are proud to share our 2025 ‘A Year of Impact’ report!

Celebrating our charitable mission in practice, these stories highlight the progress we’ve made together - with our partners, colleagues and global grants community to make people safer across the world.

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"This is not just an environmental imperative, but also an economic and social opportunity. By working together across innovation, finance, and policy, we can build ports that protect nature, empower people and drive a more sustainable global economy."

Read now: https://loom.ly/55H3XCA

Moderated by our Africa Lead, Sam Megwa, at TPC House, the session brought together leaders across logistics, investment, governance and sustainability.

Yesterday at #WEF26 in Davos, Lloyd's Register Foundation in partnership with Africa House and the United Nations Global Compact, convened a timely discussion on how Africa can accelerate trade and investment by strengthening #maritime economies and supply chains.

World Risk Poll into action: Lloyd’s Register Foundation invests further funding to support global resilience, disaster early warnings and waste management Four new projects have been awarded funding by Lloyd’ Register Foundation to use data from the World Risk Poll to improve safety around the world.

From strengthening early warning systems to improving waste management 👇

Lloyd's Register Foundation has awarded further funding to four new projects that are using #WorldRiskPoll data to improve safety around the world.

Find out more: https://loom.ly/7AhIS6c

Have your say 👇

The Data-Centric Engineering at The Alan Turing Institute community, developed in collaboration with Lloyd's Register Foundation, wants to learn more about the people who work at the intersection of #AI, data science and engineering.

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Trailblazing female voices in the #maritime industry ⚓

Our SHE_SEES #exhibition remains open at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, where it is free for the public until late 2026!

Book now: https://loom.ly/_1_Nlo0

Register for our #webinar 👇

Join our Global Safety Evidence Centre and ISO Technical Committee 283, as we explore the evidence available on the effectiveness of occupational health and safety (OHS) management systems.

📅 29th January
🕑 1-2pm GMT
🔗 https://loom.ly/ipuLQ1U

New Release: Threats to Our Ocean Heritage - Deep Sea Mining - The Ocean Foundation First peer-reviewed book exploring deep seabed mining's impact on underwater cultural heritage. Features Indigenous voices and practical heritage tools.

Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining

We are working with The Ocean Foundation to understand the threats to our #ocean heritage – including uncovering the ecological and sociological impacts of deep sea mining, potentially polluting wrecks and bottom trawling.

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Final chance to have your say!

The World Maritime University is inviting #seafarers to share their experiences through a short #survey on digital skills and training needs at sea.

Survey link 🔗 https://loom.ly/OtI8r0I

8,500 Toxic Shipwrecks. Zero Global Framework 👇

A global, toxic legacy of shipwrecks containing vast quantities of oil, munitions, and other hazardous materials has been left by two World Wars.

Learn more in our latest data visualisation with Visual Capitalist: https://loom.ly/FThippU

Dr Elizabeth Adjoa Kumah discusses the importance of early warning systems - what makes them effective, why they matter, and the work our Global Safety Evidence Centre is doing to collate existing #evidence on what works in disaster risk management.

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A huge congratulations to Lloyd's Register Foundation’s Director of Evidence & Insight, Nancy Hey, who has been awarded the honour of the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (#OBE) in the 2026 Honours List.

Find out more: https://loom.ly/HeRe1JY

Between 2015 and 2025, the amount of engineering safety research increased at a much higher average rate (18% annually) than engineering publications overall (4% annually).

Machine learning and data-driven methods showed the biggest increase. 👇

Explore our data: https://loom.ly/xwjZPSQ

🌍Creating a sustainable world w/ data science & AI

Through our Sustainability mission, we’re partnering with @lloydsregister.bsky.social to create safe pathways to net zero through data-centric engineering in maritime, digital manufacturing & critical infrastructure.

Learn more: bit.ly/3N179Bv

“The #maritime sector faces challenges that no single organisation or individual can solve alone. Connectivity closes the gaps that lead to accidents and builds resilience across the entire maritime ecosystem. That’s where Maritime Connected comes in.”

Read Heather's blog: https://loom.ly/kGXLh6A

As we look back on #2025, we would like to extend a huge thanks to all the people in our global grants community and wider network who have helped us advance our mission to engineer a safer world this year.

Read more about what we have been up to by visiting our website: https://loom.ly/UnWCWno

Join the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre and ISO Technical Committee 283, as we explore the evidence available on the effectiveness of occupational health and safety (OHS) management systems.

📅 29th January
🕑 1-2pm GMT
🔗 https://loom.ly/ipuLQ1U