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Am
” (now up to its 11
th
edition), a golf
tournament originally established by a
group of shipowners from Confitarma
(Italian Shipowners’ Confederation),
the proceeds of which were donated to
the Fund for Kidney Disease in Children
at Gaslini Hospital in Genoa.
The Company made a donation
to
OXFAM-Women’s Circle
at a
charity evening raising funds for the
empowerment of women and helping
them overcome famine and poverty.
Costa also played an active part
in promoting the
Coffee4Change
fundraising efforts launched to fight
poverty among small coffee farmers
and their communities in the southern
hemisphere; the campaign was inspired
by the Neapolitan tradition of the
caffè
sospeso
or “suspended coffee”, the
Support for the local community
Costa Cruises has always had a positive
influence on communities by means
of philanthropy and support of local
charitable, educational and cultural
organizations, in Italy and abroad,
through financial and in-kind donations
and, more recently, also by launching
a structured
employee volunteering
program
.
All of this is aimed at supporting the
community by assisting non-profit
organizationsengagedinsocialbetterment
(with a special focus on women and
youth) and environmental projects which
are in line with the priorities of the
Costa
Crociere Foundation
.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT INITIATIVES
Specifically, in 2015 Costa once again
supported the “
Invitational Shipping Pro
CULTURAL
INITIATIVES
RESEARCH
SOCIAL
INITIATIVES
2015
8%
75%
17%
ASIA
16.7%
EUROPE
58.3%
AMERICA
25%
Contributions to the
community
100
HOURS
OF VOLUNTARY WORK
(IN THE FIRST MONTH
AFTER LAUNCH)