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than 60 Costa employees showed food, medicine and other relief COSTA DIADEMA: SURPLUS FOOD DONATED TO NEEDY
off their DIY skills and assembled supplies for the people affected by COMMUNITIES IN SAVONA AND CIVITAVECCHIA
furniture for the decoration and the disaster. For the first time in the history of global shipping, Costa Cruises together with the Italian food
enhancement of communal areas They may be on the move all the bank charity Fondazione Banco Alimentare introduced a surplus food donation scheme involving
in two Genoese facilities: the time, but thinks to their regular the retrieval of “ready to eat” meals prepared on board but not served in the ship’s restaurants:
Centro Mascherona (a shelter for scheduled calls, our ships are able these “leftovers” are in fact excellent quality food with great nutritional value. On July 22, 2017 our
women who are victims of domestic to build solid, lasting relations flagship Costa Diadema began offloading in Savona portions of food earmarked for the Fondazione
violence) and Ce.sto (an educational with local communities. In Brazil, L’Ancora shelter for young people in nearby Varazze. This scheme was made possible by the
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center for minors in the old town). for example, Costa is partnering introduction of the so-called Gadda Law no. 166/2016 and is another example of the way our ships
Thanks to its global cruise routes, the Projeto Criança Feliz, a Sao play an active part in the local community and act as “goodwill ambassadors”. More importantly,
Costa can make a difference in Paulo-based NGO engaged in it is a vital part of our efforts to tackle food waste. In conjunction with this project, Costa arranged
virtually any part of the world and activities for minors at risk of social ship visits for these needy youths so that they could familiarize themselves with life on board and,
respond to calls for help from local exclusion. This partnership includes in particular, meet the galley staff who prepare the food for donation; the visitors really appreciated
this opportunity and saw it as stimulus for considering the possibility of “embarking” on a career on
communities undergoing particular hospitality on board, which shows board. The fact that we make regular port calls means that the communities receiving the donated
hardship or facing emergencies. disadvantaged youths a completely meals can count on the continuity of the scheme. In December 2017 the project was extended to
In March 2017, in the wake of different environment and can also the Port of Civitavecchia, with delivery of the surplus food to La Repubblica dei Ragazzi, a foster
the cyclone that hit the coast of be a way into the workforce. For care group home that provides assistance, education and training to young people in difficulty. The
Madagascar, crew members from the example, one of the young men from results obtained to date and the engagement of the crew only strengthen Costa’s determination to
Costa neoRomantica participated the association became a member expand the scale of operations so as to include other ports in Italy and across the Mediterranean.
directly in efforts to collect clothes, of our shipboard staff.

3 Provisions concerning the donation to charity and distribution of food and pharmaceutical products in order
to reduce waste.