Perspectives to Sustainability in the Shipbuilding Network : Interview Results of the SUSTIS Project

Abstract

Sustainability and Transparency in Shipbuilding Networks (SUSTIS) project concentrates on collecting, combining, and utilization of sustainability information of materials and manufacturing processes for creating sustainability based value in shipbuilding. The purpose is to seek and define possible sustainability indicators in the life cycle of the ship.

This interview report belongs to the first phase of the project. The target of the interviews was to create an overview of how different actors in the shipbuilding industry understand the dimensions of sustainability issues currently and what are the possibilities and challenges to promote the use of sustainability information in the near future among the different actors in the value chain.