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Global Ship Lease Inc.

GSL.US | Sea and coastal freight water transport

Global Ship Lease, Inc. is a containership owner, chartering its vessels primarily under fixed-rate time charters to container shipping companies. The company owns a fleet of mid-sized containerships. It focuses on providing a reliable source of containership capacity to its liner customers through ...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Global Ship Lease Inc. (GSL) presents a mixed ethical profile. The company demonstrates commitment to honest business practices, offering a whistleblower hotline with a no-retaliation policy and a process for contacting its board. GSL also complies with many NYSE corporate governance standards. Environmentally, GSL operates in a carbon-intensive shipping industry but targets net-zero emissions by 2050 and participates in the Getting to Zero Coalition, adhering to international IMO and EU GHG regulations. However, quantitative data on specific emissions reductions or renewable energy use is not readily available. In technology, GSL received a RINA Cyber Security certificate and states GDPR compliance, though details on the effectiveness of these measures are limited. Its influence on fair pay, worker respect, or ethical sourcing is largely indirect through charter agreements.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect0
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-40
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

0

No evidence available to assess Global Ship Lease Inc on Better Health for All.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

No evidence available to assess Global Ship Lease Inc on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

0

No evidence available to assess Global Ship Lease Inc on Fair Pay & Worker Respect.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No evidence available to assess Global Ship Lease Inc on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.

Honest & Fair Business

0

The company reported zero ethics-related regulatory fines, including for bribery or corruption, in 2024.

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It maintains an anti-bribery, anti-corruption, and anti-fraud policy, which includes compliance with the U.S. FCPA and U.K. Bribery Act, and a zero-tolerance approach.
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The company joined the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN)
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and reported zero violations of its anti-corruption policy in 2024.
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GSL also has a comprehensive Internal Reporting, Anti-Retaliation and Whistleblower Policy, effective August 2023, which applies to employees, directors, officers, and certain consultants and ship manager employees.
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This policy offers multiple reporting channels, including an anonymous hotline, and strictly prohibits retaliation.
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In 2024, one whistleblowing case was reported, deemed valid, and addressed.
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Kind to Animals

0

The provided articles offer a general ESG assessment of Global Ship Lease (GSL), noting its overall impact score of "D (24.4)"

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and peer ranking of "75th out of 81".
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However, all articles explicitly state that no specific data related to animal welfare, cruelty-free certifications, animal testing, humane operations, wildlife conservation, ethical ingredient sourcing, supplier audits, cage-free sourcing, or any other metrics relevant to the 'Kind to Animals' value were found
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. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the evidence provided.

No War, No Weapons

0

No evidence available to assess Global Ship Lease Inc on No War, No Weapons.

Planet-Friendly Business

-40

Global Ship Lease has a net-zero target year of 2050.

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The company reports no regulatory actions, violations, fines, or compliance issues.
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It states adherence to international and national environmental regulations, including IMO conventions like SOLAS & MARPOL, the Ballast Water Management Convention, and EU MRV requirements.
3

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

No relevant data was found in the provided articles to assess GSL.US against the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' ethical value. The articles were placeholder content and did not contain any specific facts or figures related to the company's performance on the defined KPIs.

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Safe & Smart Tech

0

Global Ship Lease's privacy policy states compliance with GDPR in the EEA, Switzerland, and UK.

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The policy also outlines standard user data rights, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and portability, and mentions data erasure when no longer necessary.
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Additionally, Technomar Shipping, which manages 68 of Global Ship Lease's containerships, received a RINA Cyber Security certificate for ships in service in July 2024, indicating alignment with IMO and IACS requirements.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

No evidence available to assess Global Ship Lease Inc on Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.

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