News and insights

• 23 April 2025

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) met for its 83rd session in person at IMO Headquarters in London where it approved the IMO Net-zero Framework, the first in the world to combine mandatory emissions limits and GHG pricing across an entire industry sector.

• 4 March 2025

Key outcomes agreed at follow up to COP16 held in Colombia last year.

• 4 March 2025

Roundtable focused on the harmonisation of fuel standards to improve EU fuel exports.

• 21 January 2025

Ecopetrol Corporate Affairs Professional Melissa Restrepo Monsalve explains what double materiality is and how Ecopetrol manages this process.

• 10 December 2024

The forum is the global platform for yearly stock-taking and lesson-sharing on efforts to put the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights into practice.

• 27 November 2024

COP29 delivered a new finance goal, finalised Article 6 on carbon trading and provided support for national climate adaption plans.

• 26 September 2024

26 September is World Maritime Day 2024. This year’s theme ‘Navigating the future: safety first’ reflects the IMO's work to enhance maritime safety and security, in tandem with the protection of the marine environment. The theme also provides the opportunity to focus on the safety implications arising from the introduction of alternative fuels including measures to reduce GHG emissions from ships.

• 14 August 2024

The overarching theme for 2024 was ‘Reinforcing the 2030 agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions’.