Perspectives

Twenty-year-old Kai Henderson originally started as our digital marketer and has since moved into a junior risk consultant role -  and novice coffee drinker. Alongside his work at Marex, he is studying for a graduate apprenticeship in data science.

In his monthly journal, he gives us a peek behind the office doors…

We need to be ambitious and brave if we are to meet net zero commitments.

And that means substantial investment in offshore wind technology and equipment, particularly floating windfarms.

The World Cup showed how the Japanese have created their culture of cleanliness and respect. It’s a different lens through which to view the creation of “a safety culture”.

Managing risk has a lot to do with being prepared. What’s your personal attitude to risk?

The overall aim of analysing "human factors" is to minimise the likelihood of accidents and improve safety in the workplace.

Often, there is this misconception that it is just about human behaviour.

Thomas Billet has spent the last four months working as a summer intern at Marex, to complement his Naval Architecture degree at the University of Strathclyde.

Intern Thomas Billet has just landed at Marex and is beginning to get to grips with what it offers

Diesel fuel oil typically provides the energy to operate mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs).

However, diesel fuel oil consumption on board MODUs - like all other forms of diesel consumption - contributes towards climate change through direct emissions into the environment. We’re talking carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides and sulphur oxides.

Diesel also has a financial cost.

So the business case...

We all find ourselves juggling the balance between cost and value. 

In the competitive race to survive and thrive, decisions can be taken that at first glance appear to cut costs.

The following story of unintended consequences demonstrates how a seeming straightforward business decision had repercussions the organisation hadn’t predicted.

But people are involved in every aspect of work, which is why looking at the part that human factors play is so important.

The end result in helping to avoid accidents and ill health at work cannot be underestimated.