Shipping logistics affect all of our lives in ways we tend not to think about. The transportation of goods across the world shapes what we buy, wear and use. Shipping influences the cost of goods, world trade and especially companies’ environmental impact.

A healthy ocean regulates climate and reduce climate change impacts.

• Ocean currents distribute heat across the globe, regulating temperature and weather. The ocean also absorbs over 90% of the heat and approximately 30% of carbon dioxide emissions produced by human activities.

The ocean generates over half of the oxygen we breathe.

• Phytoplankton, tiny marine plants that live on the ocean’s surface, photosynthesize and produce an estimated 50-80% of Earth’s oxygen.