Acknowledging your award

On materials that acknowledge or refer to our funding or grant agreement, including digital assets and marketing collateral, the Lloyd’s Register Foundation logo must be used wherever possible with brand guidelines adhered to correctly. The Foundation will supply its logo and guidelines upon request.

In all materials that acknowledge or refer to our funding or grant agreement, we should be referred to as ‘Lloyd’s Register Foundation’ in full, following correct backlinking procedure (please see term 7). Where possible, the Foundation’s full description should be used (see below).

About Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is an independent global charity that supports research, innovation, and education to make the world a safer place. Its mission is to use the best evidence and insight to help the global community focus on tackling the world’s most pressing safety and risk challenges. For more information, please visit www.lrfoundation.org.uk 

For subsequent mentions, Lloyd’s Register Foundation can be shortened to ‘The Foundation’.

All publications that acknowledge or refer to our funding or grant agreement must be sent to the Foundation for review and approval prior to publication.

The Foundation will provide its consent to use its name or otherwise within two weeks of receipt of the proposed publication, and if no response has been received by you within two weeks, then you may publish with reference given to the Foundation and the grant, as normal.

All publications must be compliant with branding, referencing and backlinking terms.

All external publicity that you might wish to undertake, connected with the grant, including online and offline press releases and statements, shall be submitted to the Foundation for review and approval prior to publication (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). 

The Foundation will provide approval within one week of receipt of the proposed press release. If no response has been received then you may publish with reference given to the Foundation and the Grant, as normal.

Press releases must be compliant with referencing and backlinking terms. Mention of the Foundation and its correct relation to the grant (funder, partner etc) must be included in the main body of the press release and not only in the boiler plate.

We encourage Lloyd’s Register Foundation grant holders to follow our SAFE guidance when producing written communications:

You may post items on social media (e.g. Twitter and LinkedIn) in relation to this agreement without prior approval from the Foundation, however you must comply swiftly with any reasonable request by the Foundation to modify or delete any such post.

Where possible, the Foundation’s Bluesky and LinkedIn accounts should be tagged.

On all digital materials that acknowledge or refer to our funding or grant agreement, you must link to the Lloyd’s Register Foundation homepage (www.lrfoundation.org.uk). Full guidance on the correct backlinking procedure can be found here.

You must disclose in full any negative publicity regarding your organisation which has appeared in the public domain, whether current or historical, that may affect Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s brand and/or reputation. If, during the lifecycle of the grant, negative publicity about your organisation appears in the media, you must inform Lloyd’s Register Foundation at the earliest opportunity and no later than two weeks from publication.