A Letter to Her Younger Self
Sonali Banerjee broke new ground as India’s first female marine engineer, rising to Chief Engineer before forging a second career as a leading maritime surveyor.
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'Following the Fish' 🎣
Learn more about the Herring Girls - thousands of women who travelled Britain's coastlines gutting and packing fish across the 19th and 20th centuries.
🔗 https://loom.ly/EHT5XMM
We are excited to share the launch of our new Heritage Centre #website!
Exploring and engaging with our world-leading maritime #heritage collection is more accessible than ever with an upgraded search system, new resources, and improved navigation.
Explore now 👉 https://loom.ly/rlsQUx4
📣 World Risk Poll 2026 launch!
Join us at London Climate Action Week for the launch of our first 2026 #WorldRiskPoll report - focused on global attitudes to the threat posed by climate change.
Register to attend online or register your interest in attending in person: https://loom.ly/BAR9vxo
🌊Introducing ‘The Wave 100’🌊
We’re building a living installation in Boathouse 4 to celebrate 100 years of life in the Dockyard — and we need your help!
Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) is using World Risk Poll #data to map invisible and underreported risks to #construction workers, aiming to support the #engineering of integrated safety systems.
Read now: https://loom.ly/TaUi7LA
🌊 A celebration of women’s progress in maritime life 🌊
Join this online event exploring the past, present and future of women in maritime.
📅 19 May 2026
⏰ 11:20–15:30 GMT
💻 Online
Register your place 👉 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/events/a-cel...
Protecting workers in the informal economy 👇
A new review commissioned by IOSH and conducted by RAND Europe brings together global #research to show the health and safety risks in the informal economy.
Read the full #report: https://loom.ly/WnPsflI
Why #AI forecasting matters for Arctic #shipping 👇
In this article, Dr Bahareh Kamranza from the University of Strathclyde, discusses how AI‑driven ocean forecasting can strengthen Arctic navigational #safety and resilience.
Read now: https://loom.ly/PiVuNdc
With Foundation funding, the ‘Don’t Rock the Boat’ project, led by National Historic Ships UK and maritime engineers Beckett Rankine, set out to produce Stability Guidelines to help owners assess, manage and improve the structural safety of the vessels in their care.
🔗 https://loom.ly/M8-aYn4
Our 'Seafarer Technology Engagement, Empowerment and Resilience' project, in partnership with The Nautical Institute, has been nominated for a SAFETY4SEA Crew Welfare Award!
It explores the real-world impact of new systems and working practices on seafarers.
Vote now 👉 https://loom.ly/Ns5mIqw
The South African Innovative Engineering Curriculum (IEC) initiative, in partnership with the Engineering Council of South Africa and UCL, is entering a transformative new phase to embed safety as a foundational mindset in #engineering education.
Read more: https://loom.ly/T5Uf4LQ
International Day of Zero Waste 👇
Across the world, more than two in five households (41%) dispose of their waste in an uncontrolled manner, often by taking waste to a local dump site (18%) or open burning (14%).
Read more in our World Risk Poll #report ‘A World of Waste’: https://loom.ly/q_XHuUk
Our small grants #funding scheme is open, offering up to £10,000 GBP in funding for organisations that are interested in advancing our mission of #engineering a safer world. Applications are open until 13th April 2026. Visit our website to find out more: https://loom.ly/52MvRJo
A sustainable #ocean economy demands more than innovation, investment, and decarbonisation - it requires safe systems. Dr Randhi Satria, Country Lead of the Ocean Centres, Indonesia, explains more. Read now: loom.ly/tlW7WaI
With Foundation #funding, Moi University, in partnership with Kenya Ports Authority and The Institution of Engineers of Kenya, explored how the region can foster nature-aligned engineering (#NAE) across coastal #infrastructure developments.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/74hHIuo
Catherine Dudley, Research Officer at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is using World Risk Poll data to map global exposure to workplace harm against social and economic conditions, to target interventions where they are most needed.
Read now: https://loom.ly/tj0BR2o
Lloyd’s Register Foundation has awarded funding to a new initiative led by The Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology to tackle fire risk onboard ships from methanol, one of the alternative fuels in the global green transition.
Read more about the programme: https://loom.ly/eQ75gc0
Yesterday, the Heritage Centre hosted a Stakeholder Day at our Headquarters at Fenchurch Street 🌟
It was a ‘heritage takeover day', providing tours of the building, research workshops and showcasing the Lloyd's Register collection in the library.
In this blog, Yrhen Balinis, Country Lead for our Ocean Centre in the Philippines, explains why collective, local action is key to driving change for the #maritime industry in the region.
Read now: https://loom.ly/tG0eqWQ
The first report from Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s ‘Perspectives’ programme - which aims to support the sharing of diverse viewpoints, ideas and expertise on the world's most pressing safety challenges - is now live.
Read ‘Safe work: shaping the future with evidence’ now: https://loom.ly/RxgdOMM
Advancing decarbonisation in #maritime 👇
Lloyd's Register Foundation, in partnership with Lloyd's Register and The Alan Turing Institute, has announced a new project that will accelerate open-source research into autonomous #shipping.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/7Vb3_6Q
#EngineeringX, a partnership between the Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd's Register Foundation, has announced the launch of InterNodos - a first-of-its-kind hub to accelerate Colombia’s safe and sustainable #energy transition.
Read now: https://loom.ly/5qkz_pQ
The OSH-Connect team from Monash University is using #WorldRiskPoll data to build a single-source global database of country-level occupational safety and health (#OSH) statistics, aiming to improve access to insights that can improve policy and practice.
Read more: https://loom.ly/iIJznDU
How do we communicate climate and weather risks so that people can prepare?
Join the Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk on March 25 to explore how their research is successfully combining the World Risk Poll with other datasets.
🔗 https://loom.ly/gMWU9kE
Our small grants #funding scheme is open, offering up to £10,000 GBP in funding for organisations that are interested in advancing our mission of #engineering a safer world. Applications are open until 13th April 2026. Visit our website to find out more: https://loom.ly/52MvRJo
Lloyd's Register Foundation is #hiring!
We are looking for an Evidence Reviewer to join our growing Global Safety Evidence Centre, to ensure that the Centre can provide clear and robust evidence to inform policy and practice across safety-critical sectors.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/azZOo1I
In celebration of #IWD26, we are spotlighting Captain Barbara Campbell, a trailblazing figure in modern maritime history.
Photographed for our SHE_SEES programme, Barbara began her career in 1975 as one of P&O’s first female cadets.
Read more about her journey: loom.ly/eomv_ls
Our Global Safety Evidence Centre's new report explores how senior management impact safety outcomes for workers. In this blog, Joao David, Head of Sustainability at Wilson Sons, shares how their leadership team ingrained a transformative culture of safety.
Read now 🔗 https://loom.ly/TjNdAyU
Data from our #WorldRiskPoll highlights how governance and public confidence shape feelings of safety. In this blog, Foundation data analyst Busayo Onanaye explores how people’s feelings of safety are influenced by their own experiences of political stability.
Read now: https://loom.ly/ZGeK3vk