With us you can navigate the changing maritime industry with complete confidence. Our multidisciplinary experts are here to guide you through your evolution as a maritime organisation, now and long into the future.

A confident business outlook starts with LR

LR’s business advisory builds on our established technical excellence, ensuring a confident strategic and commercial outlook for our customers. Our business advisory team consists of industry-leading experts in strategic and management consulting, decarbonisation and process optimisation. This includes rich expertise in oil majors, major liner companies, large vessel operators, port experts as well as economists and naval architects. 

We work with a diverse range of industry stakeholders, from ship owners, builders, and charterers to leading financial institutes, bunkering spaces, and major ports and terminals. This has provided us with a unique insight across the industry, allowing us to tailor solutions to suit your specific challenges and goals. 

Energy transition

As you move towards net zero, having a trusted adviser matters. We work with organisations across the maritime sector to navigate the energy transition in a safe, commercially viable and scalable way. 

At LR, we unify our leading research and technical expertise to help you achieve your decarbonisation goals. Our energy transition expertise extends across five key areas, including:

Advisory services

With our trusted advice, expert support and forward-thinking solutions, your organisation can navigate your energy transition to reach your decarbonisation goals with confidence.  

Verification services

Take control of your internal and external data by ensuring everything related to your energy transition is accurate and verified by our experts..  

Technical, Regulatory and Human Risk Management services

Our global experts support maritime organisations in an energy transition to achieve regulatory compliance while minimising the potential for human error and accidents. 

Performance Enhancement services

Drawing on our rich technical expertise and industry experience, LR supports shipowners and operators to elevate their competitiveness through more efficient and sustainable operations. 

Techno-economic analysis

Support by our world-leading economists, LR can provide techno-economic analysis to support your choices when retrofitting energy-saving devices, exploring future fuel availability and pricing, identifying least-regrets newbuilding selection, and more. 

ESG

ESG refers to Environmental, Social and Governance factors that are considered when organisations manage operations. Strong ESG performance can enhance business resilience and stability while driving positive change forward. ESG reporting enables investors to measure how committed your organisation is to relevant environmental, social and governance issues in the maritime supply chain.
ESG strategy and reporting
ESG strategy and reporting 
We can help you prepare a credible ESG foundation to build into long-term, targeted commitments with a clear roadmap and progress tracking.  

Materiality assessment, Lifecycle assessment, Carbon footprints,Carbon intensity and rating system -EEXI, EEDI, CII,  Strategy development, implementation support and review, ESG risk assessment, Energy transition, ESG reporting 

ESG assurance
ESG assurance 
LR’s experts can support you to build trust around the robustness of your non-financial disclosures.  

Third party assurance – ESG, GHG emissions, carbon footprint, LCA. Impact Assessment, Writing and design of corporate communications, Data sourcing and measurement and Certification support. 

Sustainable supply chain
Sustainable supply chain 
Gain the expertise needed to transform supply chains to enhance your competitive advantage while supporting a sustainable future.  

IS0 20400 assessments, Strategy and governance structures, Supplier evaluation, audits and assessment, Supply chain risk management, Sustainable procurement 

Sustainable finance
Sustainable finance 
Our expert team can guide you through the transition to a low-carbon economy while mitigating financial risk and creating value.  

ESG finance assurance – green, social and sustainability bonds, and green loans, Climate bond certification support, ESG capital allocation services, ESG valuations and due diligence, Emissions trading certificate support 

Climate risk and adaptation
Climate risk and adaptation 
We’ll assist you to develop a dynamic adaptation strategy to help shield your organisation from climate risk cost exposure.  

Climate risk assessment and reporting, Waste management and circular economy, Climate change adaptation plans, Ship recycling, GHG emission management 

Why choose LR

Our rich history as an independent organisation stretches back over 260 years. It’s why we have grown to become the maritime industry’s trusted adviser and leading authority for business advisory services.  

We unite a network of global, multidisciplinary experts to ensure you receive the support you need whenever and wherever your operations demand. With our proven experience, you can be confident that we will identify the most optimal and cost-efficient solutions to suit your goals. Additionally, we can design bespoke solutions to overcome unique challenges should you require it.