Saving lives of the world’s poorest fishermen
In Bangladesh, every year over 1,350 fishermen die at sea, in boats without the most basic safety equipment – or even clean drinking water. And when they do, whole families lose not only a husband and father but their only way of making a living.
Global Safety Podcast: Food Safety
Tom Heap asks a panel of experts whether there's a danger the world could run out of food. When rising to the challenge of feeding a growing world population, with over seven and a half billion hungry mouths, how can we do so safely?
IPUR contribute to World Economic Forum e-book
The Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) have helped contribute to a chapter in the World Economic Forum's e-book 'Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-COVID-19 World'.
Understanding London's busyness during COVID-19
The Data Centric Engineering programme, led by The Alan Turing Institute and funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, has launched 'Project Odysseus' - using large scale data sets to understand London's busyness and enable effective COVID-19 policy.
Safe seaweed to feed the planet
Lloyd’s Register Foundation is helping scientists work out how we can produce safe and sustainable food from the sea.
Food safety education in East Africa and the Caribbean
Lloyd’s Register Foundation are collaborating with the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and academic partners to support education for the next generation of food safety professionals in the developing world.
Five projects awarded funding to improve safety
In partnership with the Open Data Institute, we're proud to announce we will be supporting five projects that increase access to data and drive innovation in the engineering sector, with an emphasis on improving safety.
Engineering X launches Pandemic Preparedness programme
New Engineering X Pandemic Preparedness programme launched to support global innovation and knowledge sharing.
Trapped at sea: protecting seafarers during COVID-19
Lloyd’s Register Foundation grantholder CHIRP Maritime are leading an international campaign to get seafarers recognised as key workers by governments. They have published a new series of papers looking at the impact of COVID-19 on seafarers.
Protecting fishermen in Bangladesh
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, our fishSAFE 2025 project team have used their networks and supply chains to buy and distribute over 200 hand sanitisers and face masks to fishermen in rural communities.