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NOTE CONCERNING
THE METHOD
Report boundary
and reporting process
Discussion of reporting principles
Costa Crociere S.p.A.’s Sustainability Report 2015 (hereafter “the Report” or “the
document”) is the tenth edition of this document, which is designed to provide
stakeholders with a complete and – as far as possible – comprehensive account of the
economic, environmental and social impacts of the different activities performed by
the Company.
The Report, which is drawn up in accordance with the GRI - G4
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Sustainability
Reporting Guidelines prepared by the Global Reporting Initiative, with a compliance
level “
inaccordance-core
”, has the additional aimof combining corporate responsibility
with an approach that is increasingly focused on shared value. To this end, the text
makes use of conceptual terms regarding the organization’s business model and the
various forms of capital defined in the methodological framework developed by the
International Integrated Reporting Council.
The Sustainability Report is drawn
up annually by Costa Crociere S.p.A.’s
Sustainability Department, which is in
charge of central coordination of the
reporting process and the engagement
of the relevant corporate functions.
All the information presented has been
obtained from Costa’s in-house IT
systems and databases, and validated
by the respective data owners. The
sustainability topics dealt with in
this Report concern operations and
activities performed by Costa Cruises
in 2015; only in certain areas (specified
below) do they refer to the Costa
Crociere Group as a whole. For the
sake of completeness and internally
consistent presentation of information,
the organizational dimension includes
The main reporting principles, in
accordance with those laid down by
the GRI and appropriately applied and
adapted to Costa Cruises’ operating
context, are set out below. For details
of the proper coverage of the standard
disclosures and indicators, see the table
in the appendix.
data updated at the time of issue of the
Report (June 2016).
For the reader’s information it should be
noted that “the Costa Crociere Group”
or “the Group” is intended to mean
the parent company that operates the
brands Costa Cruises and AIDA, while
“the Company” is intended to mean the
business entity that manages all the
activities carried out by the brand Costa
Cruises. The economic and financial
data presented in this Report is taken
from the civil code balance sheet at
November 30, 2015 of Costa Crociere
S.p.A. as approved by the Shareholders’
Meeting. It is also pointed out that the
data included in the report boundary
refers exclusively to the Costa Crociere
Group.
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
is a multi-stakeholder independent
institution whose process and mission
is to develop and disseminate globally
applicable sustainability reporting
guidelines. These Guidelines contain
principles and indicators for voluntary
use by organizations for reporting on
the economic, environmental and social
dimensions of their activities, assisting
the process of improving disclosure
and enhancing the comparability and
standardization of reporting.