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Costa Crociere foundation

The Costa Crociere Foundation was set up with a
mission to promote the social and environmental
Doing business responsibly betterment of communities by means of specifi c
projects selected for funding, of which there are
currently 18 running in Italy and abroad.
Costa Cruises’ determination to operate Engagement of suppliers and The Board of Directors of the Costa Crociere
ethically and transparently is a pillar of its business partners Foundation, consisting of members from within and
model of sustainable development and outside Costa Cruises, operates independently and
creation of value. The basic principles Costa Cruises’ suppliers, consultants defi nes the Foundation’s set objectives, guaranteeing the
underpinning the commitment to and travel agents are more than correct allocation of fi nancial and non-fi nancial resources
maintaining the highest ethical standards just external third parties – they are for each project chosen. For more information see
are set out in Carnival Corporation &plc’s strategic partners who play a vital www.costa-crociere-foundation.com
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, role representing the Company vis-à-

29,051 which is fully embraced and applied by vis institutions, organizations, other
companies and especially customers, in
the Company.
The Code of Ethics provides the framework Italy and abroad.
TOTAL HOURS for the formulation of corporate policies For this reason our contracts and
OF ETHICS&COMPLIANCE and Company procedures regarding agreements with them include specifi c
TRAINING
human rights, diversity and inclusion, terms and conditions whereby they
business integrity, confl icts of interest, agree to abide by the Business Partner
forms of corruption, environmental Code of Conduct and Ethics and the
protection and sustainability. Anticorruption Policy & guidelines
The Company also abides by the ILo core and Antitrust Policy & guidelines
conventions and the oECD guidelines defi ned by Carnival Corporation & plc.
for Multinational Enterprises. In order to facilitate knowledge of and
First and foremost Costa Cruises works compliance with these guidelines and
with people: customers, employees and the national and international network Protecting the rights
partners located all over the world. The of regulations regarding these matters, of the most vulnerable
fact that Costa Cruises is by defi nition in 2016 Costa Cruises continued to
a multicultural enterprise operating in a promote a range of educational and Pursuant to the United Kingdom’s modern Slavery
multicultural world makes the Company training initiatives for its employees Act 2015, Carnival Corporation & plc’s Code of
all the more conscious of the need to at all levels of the organization, Business Conduct and Ethics, which Costa Cruises has
respect human rights. Costa is committed encouraging them to submit reports adopted in full, explicitly condemns all forms of child
to recognition of fundamental human – anonymously or confi dentially if so exploitation and forced labor and states its intent to
rights not only in its own activities but desired – of any wrongdoing through comply with and support laws and regulations relevant
also with regard to those carried out by the Carnival Corporation hotline or to slavery and human traffi cking.
its partner organizations. online at www.carnivalcompliance.com. Costa Cruises expects all of its suppliers to respect and
follow applicable laws and regulations and to abide by
our Business Partner Code of Conduct and Ethics,
which specifi cally prohibits the use of slavery and
human traffi cking in our direct supply chain.