Social Responsibility

Laurin Maritime is committed to social engagement and human rights. Ethics and equal rights are part of our core values. We are supporting several humanitarian projects and we are in this way making a positive impact on the world community.

SOS Children’s Villages

SOS Children's Villages is an international non-governmental social development organization. Its activities focus on children without parental care and children of families in difficult circumstances and gives them long-term family-based care and education.

Laurin Maritime has been sponsoring an SOS Children's village for several years. The Children's village is situated in Manila, the Philippines, which was an obvious choice since Laurin Maritime is a large employer of Filipino crew. The children are mainly orphans or children who cannot be cared for by their biological parents. They are taken care of by their new mothers who form families in the Children's village.

School in Argentina

Laurin Maritime is supporting a school in a village called Samborombón in Argentina. Samborombón is well-known to many Swedes through a song by Swedish poet and composer Evert Taube. Laurin Maritime has trades to Argentina and the idea to sponsor the school was put forward by our Swedish officers who from Buenos Aires travelled inland aiming to find the famous village. The officers found that the school lacked heating, books, a working kitchen, and other necessities. Laurin Maritime has sponsored the school for four years. We have also funded the upgrading of the kitchen and washrooms in the school. We keep in regular contact with the children and teacher.