Cultural Safety Transformation – A New Views of Safety Journey with Carina Hjørngaard Hjorth (A.P. Möller-Maersk Group), 22/10, 2025
- Oct 22, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 30, 2025
What?
Over the years, SÄKU has arranged many events related to what might be labelled as “The New Views of Safety” (i.e. Safety-II, Safety Differently, Resilience Engineering, Psychological Safety etc.). These safety perspectives have often started in the more theoretical domain at universities and have thereafter slowly begun to influence the work and visions at actual companies.
One of those companies is the A.P. Möller-Maersk Group (Maersk), the world's largest container shipping company.
SÄKU was happy to arrange a webinar where Carina Hjørngaard Hjorth, Global Head of Health, Safety, Environment & S&R Transformation, told us about the journey that Maersk is on to put the theory of “The New Views of Safety” into real practice on a global scale across diverse business areas and cultures. An important part of that is being curious and open to learning, which Carina talks about in this video.
This big journey started a few years ago and Carina is at the helm heading the global cultural safety transformation at the A.P. Möller-Maersk Group. As you know, it takes time to make a huge ship change course and route. The A.P. Möller-Maersk Group is making that turn and will be making that turn during the coming years ahead. Even if the transformation is at an early stage and underway, we hope you will find it very interesting and inspiring to hear the story of the journey so far.
Carina brought incredible energy while sharing how Maersk lives its values and builds a culture of care. A key aspect in all of this has been to embody and put into practice concepts from Safety-II, Safety Differently, Resilience Engineering, Psychological Safety etc. to shape the capacity, capability and culture & care of the company. Carina also presented the Safety Champion program, that has been part of this process.
The session wrapped up with some great 30 + minutes discussions and interaction from the participants during the Q&A.
The webinar was held in English.
About Carina Hjørngaard Hjorth
Carina Hjørngaard Hjorth is Global Head of Health, Safety, Environment & S&R Transformation at at the A.P. Möller-Maersk Group. In her current role she is accountable for the governance and implementation of the Global APMM HSSE (Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental) Management Framework, policies, and processes across logistics functions like warehouses, depots, and transportation. As part of that role, she is also leading the development and execution of a global Safety Leadership & Culture Program, incorporating innovations in Safety Differently, Human Organizational Performance, psychology, and behavioural design.
Carina has over 20 years of experience as a results-driven QHSE Leader where she has led transformative initiatives that have advanced safety culture, operational excellence, and QHSE performance, while ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives. She is committed to advancing the integration of Safety II principles, Human Organizational Performance (HoP), and comprehensive risk management frameworks and a firm advocate for mental well-being in the workplace, understanding its pivotal role in achieving holistically and overall organizational success.
About the A.P. Möller-Maersk Group
The A.P. Möller-Maersk Group (Maersk) is a Danish shipping and logistics company operating in 130 countries. With over 100 000 employees and customers, 700 container vessels operating at 65 terminals over the whole world, it’s the world’s largest container shipping company.
Material
Presentation
Carina's presentation can be downloaded by clicking HERE.
Bonus take-away
A great piece of advice came from one of the participants that wrote the following in the chat (but we didn’t have the time to take it up during the webinar):
We want our colleagues to reflect on these questions as a method to learn more about normal work. No documentation needed.
1. What went well?
2. What contributed to a good result?
3. What went less well?
4. What can be improved for next time?
5. How do we take these lessons forward?
Contact information
If you want to get in touch with Carina, you can connect with her on LinkedIn.
Recording
A recording of the webinar can be seen on SÄKUPlay (Youtube) below.
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