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MATERIAL ISSUES FOR COSTA CRUISES

FROM DIVERSITY
TO PLURALITY
PROTECTION AND INCLUSION
OF BIODIVERSITY SO AS TO
AND ECOSYSTEMS FULFILL
THE POTENTIAL OF
HUMAN CAPITAL
HEALTH
& SAFETY FOSTERING OF
OF GUESTS THE ARTISTIC
AND CREW AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE
IN THE
LOCAL
DESTINATIONS

INTEGRATION it allows us to use cutting-edge skills and responsible innovation. implementation of the Sustainability Plan. Department also interacts with the CONTROL AND
OF technology to drive and manage change. Responsibility for defining sustainability The Steering Committee is supported relevant corporate functions and REDUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY In this context, Costa has for some years policies and monitoring the results by the Sustainability Department, supports them in the analysis of impacts OF EMISSIONS
WITH PRODUCT AND OF
AND SERVICE had a Sustainability Plan, supplementing obtained rests with a dedicated Steering which is in charge of coordination of and the definition of potential areas of ENVIRONMENTAL
DEVELOPMENT its industrial plan, constituting the Committee, consisting of the Costa implementation of the Sustainability intervention. The department also plays IMPACTS
Company’s roadmap to sustainable Crociere CEO, the brand Presidents Plan, as well as liaison with the a central role in promoting and pre-
development and setting out our priority and representatives from the corporate associated corporate functions and empting a corporate culture based on
areas and long-term vision with regard to functions most directly involved in external stakeholders. The Sustainability sustainability.

TACKLING SOCIAL ISSUES, THE SDGs AND COSTA’S RESPONSE trends change. The concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is one of the main causes of
higher temperatures. The UN Paris Agreement set the aim of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below
Society is constantly evolving and - as a result - political organizations, economic enterprises and civil institutions face a multitude of 2°C above pre-industrial levels, though scientists generally agree that average temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5°C threshold
far-reaching questions. Priority issues include poverty, famine, lack of access to essential services and the transition towards a more set as an aspiration by the Paris climate change deal.
sustainable global economy also embracing environmental and social concerns.
GLOBAL MOBILIZATION TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGES HEAD-ON
FACTS & FIGURES In September 2015 the 195 Member States of the United Nations unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Approximately 793 million people in the world are undernourished while in Europe alone some 88 million tonnes of food is wasted incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN also announced 169 associated targets for humanity and
every year. Education inequality between rich and poor is very evident: in countries with a high GDP children receive an average of the planet, with each government setting its own national targets guided by the global level of ambition but taking into account
around 12 years of schooling while in low-income national circumstances. The 2030 Agenda sets
nations the corresponding figure is only five years. outs universal goals and targets which involve the
Based on an estimate that the global population entire world, developed and developing countries
will reach 9.6 billion by 2050, the equivalent of alike, with the strong involvement of all parts of
almost three planets could be required to provide society, non-profit organizations, the public sector
the natural resources needed to sustain current and also businesses.
lifestyles unless global production and consumption
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