Through this event, Capital Link sought to provide companies with additional
incentives by publicizing the benefits of CSR not only to a wider audience of shipping and offshore industries, but also to the investment and financial communities as well as the public at large.Capt. Elias Ladas, HR & Training Manager, of Danaos Corporationtalked about theCompanys Corporate Social Responsibility and how the human element and environmental awareness are an integral part of it. The human element plays a significant role in enhancing their company’s corporateidentity and prosperity. Through various examples they showed how their shore based employees, aidedby their company, have helped better the community either by participating in public awareness schemes,such as helping to clean various Greek coastlines, or arranging fundraisers to support public foundations for abandoned children. They also showed how Danaos strives to create a solid “employee-company”relationship by evoking the sense of ‘team-spirit’ amongst its employees through various social activitieshosted by the company. Another important factor of their CSR showed how Danaos’ Seafarers receivecontinuous in-house training, helping them enhance their professional knowledge and at the same timebestowing upon them their company’s care for them and their corporate culture for environmental safetyand awareness. The presentation also focused on another very important CSR factor, which is Danaos’involvement in current and future shipping projects aiming to improve the Company’s environmentalinitiative and awareness by supporting the “Greenship” design, participating in the Energy EfficiencyDesign Index (EEDI), Trim Optimization, and Ballast Water Treatment.