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COSTA’S

ENVIRONMENTAL

POLICY

Costa Cruises’ environmental strategy is far-reaching, contributing to the advancement of the
cruise industry and shipping as a whole thanks to the Company’s pioneering role in the pursuit
of concrete, viable, shared solutions tackling head-on the central issues on the 2030 global
agenda and guaranteeing tangible results.
Well aware of its corporate social responsibility, the Company has embarked on a number of
challenging paths and has implemented several highly ambitious programs that are pre-empting
trends right across the cruise industry and beyond. In line with international directives, Costa
– together with Carnival – has for years pursued a path towards decarbonization and emission
reduction, constantly improving its environmental footprint, while pre-empting national and
international requirements. For example, Costa is committed to achieving a 40% reduction
in the fleet’s CO emissions by 2020, some 10 years ahead of the target laid down by IMO.
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Indeed, the Company is concentrating its investments in new fueling systems based on a
long-term vision of sustainable development. Carnival Corporation and Costa Cruises were
the first to believe in the development of LNG-fueling technology, using liquefied natural
gas, the world’s cleanest fossil fuel, while other industry players are now jumping on the LNG
band wagon. There are currently 3 LNG-powered ships for the Costa Crociere Group (one for The regulatory framework on which our Environmental Plan is based is the International
Costa Cruises and 2 for AIDA) due to enter service by 2023, thus reflecting the scale of our Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and all the
investment plan. In this context, the arrival in 2019 of the new flagship Costa Smeralda was associated actions and investments comply with strict standards and are certified by
a major step forward towards the zero emissions target, which we are pursuing in synergy a third party. In addition, all Costa ships follow specific procedures set out in the (ISO
with the relevant ports of call and with all the key stakeholders as we seek to implement viable 14001 certified) Environmental Management System (EMS), which defines how to deal
solutions. Costa’s investments – above all in latest generation ships but also in the efficiency with environmental impacts in each area of intervention. Environmental protection issues
of existing vessels, also in relation to strengthening the circular economy on board – are in are monitored by Costa’s Environmental Officers (EOs), who supervise the training of
line with our intention to make our ships more and more like traveling smart cities embracing Department Heads, guaranteeing the correct application of the relevant procedures in each
best practices. By way of example, Costa has given an undertaking to substantially reduce area. To provide internally consistent training for all our crew members, we also arrange
the use of plastic on board (by 50 metric tons a year) and to phase out single-use plastic specific courses dealing with waste disposal procedures (including chemical agents) and
items entirely, ahead of the relevant EU Directive. Costa is also actively engaged in tackling wastewater treatment, management of wastewater being crucial for the prevention of
food wastage, its set objective being to halve food waste by 2020, also in this case 10 years potential environmental impacts. In addition to the EMS, in 2019 for the third year running,
ahead of the UN’s 2030 Agenda, while simultaneously encouraging responsible consumption we implemented the Environmental Compliance Plan (ECP), a standard that goes beyond
on board. In order to achieve these goals, Costa uses responsible innovation as a key driver: any requirements set forth by applicable laws and guarantees continuous monitoring of the
our approach is to concentrate our investments on Research & Development aimed at getting environmental performance of the fleet.
to the root of the problem by seeking concrete solutions that provide tangible, scalable results Costa’s Environmental Plan is part and parcel of its Sustainability Plan, which – in turn –
in terms of reducing our emissions and carbon footprint. incorporates the material issues and the SDGs, facilitating implementation of all our energy
The solutions chosen are incorporated in Costa’s Environmental Plan containing short and efficiency measures on board. The Environmental Plan includes a range of specific policies and
long-term programs designed to ensure structured and forward-looking implementation of activities aimed at protection of the seas and oceans, this being one of Costa’s top priorities
sustainable development based on regulatory standards specified in Carnival Corporation’s and central to its strategy planning; rather than simply paying lip service to rules, we set
HESS Policy. ourselves ambitious objectives that go way beyond mere compliance. With specific regard