Building resilience to major industrial accidents
Our grant to the China Academy of Safety Science and Technology (CASST) in Beijing is helping develop a legal framework, standards and methodology for emergency preparedness and response.
Open data projects continue to shine
Back in March, we offered a stimulus fund with the Open Data Insititute to help projects looking to increase access to data in the engineering sector. Since then they have made great progress driving innovation in their fields.
Engineering safer built environments
For the last ten years, Lloyd’s Register Foundation has been helping long-term grant partners TWI Ltd establish a global hub for research into structural integrity, one of the building blocks of safe construction.
Engineering X grants £1mil to improve engineering education
Engineering X gives £1 million worth of grants to projects across 14 countries to boost the quality of engineering education and training.
Promoting cyber awareness to maritime boards
We’re working with the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) on a long-term project to drive up cyber-security standards on the boards of private companies, particularly shipping companies.
A voice for seafarers during the COVID 19 pandemic
CHIRP (Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme) works in partnership with universities and others to identify and tackle the factors that make this one of the world’s most dangerous industries.
The Resilience Shift announces new partnership
The Resilience Shift is establishing within the water, energy, transport and digital communications sectors as part of its aim to scale up global activities to accelerate a shift towards more resilient infrastructure.
The Global Safety Podcast, Episode 2 - Cyber Security
With almost everything we do nowadays taking place on-line, Tom Heap asks just how secure cyberspace is to users.
Helping develop the new autonomous world, safely
Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s partnership with the University of York in the Assuring Autonomy International Programme (AAIP) is helping ensure new technologies help us rather than harming us.
Maritime charities launch mental health awareness training standard
The Maritime Charities Group has joined forces with the Merchant Navy Training Board to publish a good practice guide to designing a training course for seafarers on mental health and wellbeing awareness.