Carnival Corporation & plc has released its latest annual sustainability report, detailing key initiatives and progress made in 2021 towards our 2030 sustainability goals and 2050 aspirations.
The report provides updates on current initiatives and efforts supporting our long-term sustainability vision and commitments under our six focus areas: climate action; circular economy; sustainable tourism; good health and well-being; diversity, equity and inclusion; and biodiversity and conservation. 
Take a look at the full report here.
Here are a few of the highlights from the report:
- As a corporation, we’ve made progress towards our 2030 carbon intensity reduction goals of 40% (from a 2008 baseline), measured in both grams of CO2e per ALB-km and kilograms of CO2e per ALBD.
- For our single use plastic items, we achieved our intermediate goal of 50% reduction, and have identified further items for removal. Further details of this can be found on page 59 of the report.
- Carnival UK is progressing well with animal welfare sourcing across the corporation, and the report discloses new animal welfare sourcing commitments for cage-free eggs, chicken, and gestation crate-free pork across the full corporation (page 61).
- P&O Cruises and Cunard were recognised for their donation of surplus food to UKHarvest during our pause in operations. UKHarvest is a charitable foundation, focused on distribution of food to those in need in the surrounding areas (page 62).
- Supporting our Sustainable Tourism agenda, both Cunard and P&O Cruises brands are recognised for our partnership with Travelife, a leading certification initiative supporting tour operations and travel agencies towards sustainable tourism (page 55).
- We’re also proud to announce that the Corporation has won numerous awards and recognitions such as World’s Best Employers, and World’s Top Female Friendly Companies (by Forbes) and were recognised for the fifth consecutive year by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality in 2021. Details of these can be found on page 23.
Changes to the report
You may have noticed that the baseline for carbon intensity has been adjusted from 2008 to 2019 in the latest sustainability report. The reason for this is to bring it in line with Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) requirements and will help us better communicate recent progress against our climate goals to our investors and stakeholders. As a corporation we have also begun the process to baseline our scope 3 value chain emissions – for a simple guide to scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions click here.
Find out more about our sustainability agenda here.