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EN ROUTE TO

RESPONSIBLE

GROWTH 100% OF WASTE

COLLECTED
SEPARATELY
ON BOARD

For Costa, respect for the environment technology and implements ambitious ENVIRONMENTAL OF WASTE
is an integral and vital part of the environmental policies. PERFORMANCE 1 PRODUCED
roadmap to sustainable development. Our environmental management system -4.4 % (PER PERSON
PER DAY)
Our fleet expansion and long- includes a specific Environmental
term, structured growth go hand- Plan setting out short and long-term
in-hand with specific efforts to objectives, developed in accordance
ensure responsible innovation while with the guidelines laid down in
minimizing our environmental Carnival Corporation’s HESS Policy.
footprint by reducing emissions and Costa Cruises’ Environmental Plan is
optimizing consumption. Our vision part and parcel of its Sustainability
focuses on helping mitigate climate Plan and, in this context, it incorporates TOTAL
WATER
change and protection of marine the material issues and Sustainable - 2 % CONSUMPTION
ecosystems. Development Goals, and facilitates (PER PERSON
PER DAY)
In the cruise industry, day-to-day implementation of all our energy
operations result in impacts from the efficiency measures on board.
use of fuel, consumption of water This approach to environmental
resources, discharge of wastewater protection and sustainability is -0.2 % CARBON
and disposal of solid wastes; all this totally consistent with the UN’s 2030 CO 2 FOOTPRINT
gives rise to a great responsibility Agenda for sustainable development,
and, at the same time, constitutes that agenda being central to Costa’s
a competitive edge for a company identification and planning of its
like Costa that invests in innovative activities. 1 The conversion factors used by Carnival Corporation & plc to calculate emissions were changed in 2017.