Yanna Pavlopoulou

National Technical University of Athens | NTUA · Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit

Collaborative circular production can flourish if associated with community networks and ecosystems that share designs, produce upcycled goods, or distribute secondary raw materials through real-life makerspaces or online platforms. Collaborative production in urban areas, in conjunction with the maker movement, is a cultural trend valuing citizens...

Responsible innovation is an emerging concept aligned to consumers' business objectives. Corporate social responsibility in contrast is a backward response to challenges. The issue at stake is how to forward regulate the competitive and socio-ethical aspects of technology innovation with shared value for shipowners, stakeholders and the downstream...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) are accountability metrics of business performance that may assist the shipping sector in tackling long-term operational issues. Financial analysis of ESG benchmarks & scores can improve the institutional investors understanding & decision making on market performance and evaluation of corporate risks. The...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) accountability of maritime operations could enhance marine and global sustainability. Accountability is a vehicle to sustainability that could assist the shipping sector in tackling operational issues and into Creating Shared Value (CSV) by shifting from "values" to "value" (from a morals-driven to a busin...

In light of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) directives on climate change and the continuous effort of shipping companies to reduce operating costs, this article proposes a methodology for the technoeconomic evaluation of energy efficiency retrofits. The aim of this article is to provide a management tool able to support the decision-m...

In light of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) directives on climate change and the continuous effort of shipping companies to reduce operating costs, this article proposes a methodology for the technoeconomic evaluation of energy efficiency retrofits. The aim of this article is to provide a management tool able to support the decision-m...

The present study approaches the maritime sector from an environmental point of view. In light of the new IMO directives on climate change and the continuous effort to reduce operating costs, this paper investigates the viability of several energy efficiency technologies. The introductory part discusses the environmental problem caused by the gaseo...

Green systems in ship operations and in ballast water management are needed to enhance marine sustainability. There is a challenging debate between regulators and the shipping business over the pragmatism of forthcoming environmental legislation. This is an overview study of arguments over the sustainability transition to actual 'shared value' grow...