Carnival Sets New Sustainability Goals, Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions by 25%

Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise firm, has got down to cut back its carbon dioxide emissions by 25% by 2020.

The goal is a part of 10 new sustainability objectives launched by Carnival this week and aimed toward decreasing the corporate’s environmental footprint over the subsequent 5 years, enhancing the well being, security and safety of its visitors and crewmembers, and making certain sustainable enterprise practices.

The new objectives observe Carnival Corporation announcement in November 2014 that it had met its company objective to cut back its price of equal carbon dioxide (CO2e) emissions from shipboard operations by 20 % – a yr forward of its preliminary plan.

“Across our 10 brands, we host millions of guests a year and visit 725 ports of call around the world, and the health and vitality of the oceans, seas and communities through which we travel is absolutely essential to our business,” mentioned Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation. “That makes protecting the environment one of our most critical areas of focus as a corporation, and it is why it is important for us to publicly communicate our sustainability goals.”

Added Donald: “All of our 120,000 employees not only take great pride in making sure our guests have the vacation of a lifetime, but we are all deeply committed to protecting the oceans and seas, which is where many of our employees live and work for a good part of the year. We have a strong track record of environmental stewardship, and we remain more committed than ever to improving our performance, while ensuring we operate our entire business in the most sustainable way possible.”

With 10 international manufacturers, 100 ships and 11 million annual visitors, Carnival is the world’s largest journey and leisure firm.

Below is a abstract supplied by Carnival on the total 2020 sustainability objectives:

Reduce depth of carbon dioxide emissions from operations

After assembly its preliminary objective a yr forward of schedule, Carnival Corporation has renewed its objective to proceed decreasing the speed of CO2e emissions – also referred to as greenhouse fuel emissions – by 25 % from its 2005 baseline. This renewed objective for 2020 extends and reinforces the corporate’s aggressive initiative to additional cut back the depth of greenhouse fuel emissions. As a part of the hassle, the corporate and its 10 international manufacturers have developed strategic power discount and conservation initiatives, a lot of which exceed present legal guidelines and laws.

One such initiative is the corporate’s current announcement that its 4 next-generation cruise ships for Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises would be the first within the {industry} to be powered at sea by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), one of many world’s cleanest burning fossil fuels. Pioneering a brand new period in using low carbon fuels, these new ships will use LNG to generate one hundred pc of the ship’s energy each in port and on the open sea – an innovation that can considerably cut back exhaust emissions to assist defend the setting and help total sustainability initiatives. Additionally, when AIDAprima launches in 2016, it will likely be the primary cruise ship on this planet that has a dual-fuel engine for an power provide with LNG whereas in port, together with a connection to shoreside energy and an in depth filter system for the therapy of exhaust.

Install exhaust fuel cleansing techniques

As a part of the corporate’s dedication to bettering the standard of its air emissions from its shipboard operations, it has made a $400 million funding to develop, deploy and function exhaust fuel cleansing techniques that cut back sulfur compounds and specific matter from the ships’ engine exhaust. As introduced in September 2013, Carnival Corporation pioneered an industry-first effort to adapt a confirmed land-based exhaust fuel cleansing expertise to make use of on its ships. Carnival Corporation’s system combines two established applied sciences which were efficiently utilized in land-based purposes resembling energy vegetation and factories to wash – or “scrub” – engine exhaust. For the primary time, this technique is being developed to accommodate restricted areas on present ships.

Continue to cut back waste generated by shipboard operations

Carnival Corporation will proceed to cut back waste generated by its shipboard operations by 5 % by 2020 relative to its 2010 baseline, as measured by kilograms of non-recycled waste per particular person per day.

Every Carnival Corporation ship has a waste administration plan that specifies the way it manages every kind of waste onboard. This contains incorporating numerous methods to cut back the era of waste. In addition, as a part of its sustainability initiatives, Carnival Corporation works with its provide chain companions to cut back packaging and with its ports of name to help recycling practices.

Continue to extend water use effectivity

Carnival Corporation will proceed to enhance water use effectivity on its ships by 5 % by 2020 relative to its 2010 baseline, as measured by liters per particular person per day.

Water is crucial to Carnival Corporation’s enterprise, so water administration – and rising the speed of water effectivity on each ship — is a significant precedence. Carnival Corporation makes use of shipboard techniques to supply roughly 73 % of the water it makes use of onboard. The remaining 27 % is provided from the ports and from water corporations within the ports the place the corporate’s ships name. This proportion varies from ship to ship, relying on itineraries.

Carnival Corporation encourages its visitors to pay attention to their very own impression on the setting. The firm educates its visitors by offering, for instance, environmental consciousness info to passengers in a variety of media, together with pamphlets, movies and posters. Guests additionally take part in water effectivity initiatives by reusing towels and minimizing use each time potential.

Increase protection of Advanced Wastewater Purification Systems

An extra sustainability objective is to extend the share of the corporate’s capability with Advanced Waste Water Purification Systems (AWWPS) by 10 proportion factors by 2020 in comparison with its 2014 baseline. The firm follows rigorous protocols to correctly take away and eliminate wastewater to additional defend the setting. New ships are extra effectively designed and embody the newest applied sciences. As a part of the corporate’s sustainability effort, all new ships are geared up with AWWPS.

Increase chilly ironing capability

Carnival Corporation’s objective is to extend the variety of its ships with chilly ironing functionality – which permits ships to hook up with a port’s electrical grid because the in-port energy supply. While solely six ports on this planet presently have the infrastructure to permit cruise ships to take action, with the ability to connect with shore energy reduces air emissions, a profit to bettering air high quality whereas ships are in port.

Each of the corporate’s 18 new ships getting into service between 2015 and 2022 will likely be extra environment friendly and sustainable than present ships within the fleet and can embody onboard Advanced Waste Water Purification Systems, exhaust fuel cleansing expertise and chilly ironing capabilities.

Health, Safety and Security Goals

Protect well being, security and safety of visitors, crew and all others engaged on behalf of firm

Striving to be freed from accidents, Carnival Corporation continues to construct on its dedication to guard the well being, security and safety of its visitors and crew. The firm is figuring out enchancment areas inside and throughout manufacturers to implement occupational well being and security greatest practices, requirements and processes.

Sustainable Workforce and Community Goals

Continue to construct a sustainable numerous workforce

The firm continues to construct a various and inclusive workforce. Its objective is to supply all workers with a constructive work setting and alternatives to construct a rewarding profession to additional drive worker engagement.

Continue to develop sustainable provide chain and vendor code of conduct compliance

Carnival Corporation continues to develop and implement vendor assurance procedures making certain compliance with the corporate’s Business Partner Code of Conduct and Ethics. This contains the areas of labor and human rights, environmental safety, enterprise integrity and well being, security and safety.

Continue to work on and help initiatives with native and international communities

The firm is engaged on initiatives and partnerships that help and sponsor a broad vary of organizations for the advantage of native and international communities.

In June 2014 the Carnival Foundation donated $2.5 million over a five-year interval to The Nature Conservancy, one of many world’s main conservation organizations, to advance the preservation of the world’s oceans and seas. Carnival Corporation’s help to The Nature Conservancy will considerably speed up the coral reefs restoration initiatives, improve the worth of marine ecosystem providers via the Mapping Ocean Wealth program and proceed to advance necessary science that reveals how pure techniques will help cut back dangers to coastal communities from storms and rising sea ranges.

In June 2015, the corporate launched Fathom, the corporate’s tenth model, creating a brand new journey class known as social impression journey. Fathom is a unique sort of cruise that mixes the love of journey with a want to make a distinction. The new model seeks to develop lasting social impression partnerships that permit for significant enrichment of the traveler, whereas offering systematic, long-term instructional, environmental and financial improvement advantages in its accomplice nations – beginning with the Dominican Republic in April 2016 and Cuba in May 2016 pending Cuban approval. Because Fathom will commonly transport tons of of vacationers to its accomplice nations, the help will likely be vital and sustainable – permitting Fathom vacationers to make long-lasting contributions.