BEST MARINE SOLUTIONS BY THE NEW ECONOMY
MIAMI – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE:
CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company, has been named the
Best Marine Solutions Company in this year’s Clean Tech Awards by The
New Economy.
The Clean Tech Awards are given out by The New Economy, a quarterly
publication whose goal is to engender financial investment and encourage
discussion and debate of appropriate strategies for the promotion of
global economic growth. The award winners demonstrated
a commitment to producing clean technology to improve the environment
in 2013.
Carnival has a long tradition of making environmental sustainability and
clean technology a corporate priority. This includes initiatives such
as developing ground-breaking exhaust gas cleaning technology – known as
“scrubbers” -- on a number of ships to reduce
the amount of air emissions from using high-sulfur fuel. The scrubbers,
which will be on 17 Carnival Cruise Line ships, nine Holland America
Line ships, seven Princess Cruises ships and Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 by
2016, will meet and exceed the new regulations.
AIDA Cruises has also announced a 100 million euro investment to
protect the environment, particularly to install the scrubber
technology.
“This technology is an accomplishment as well as an important milestone
for our company,” said Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald. “Working
together with the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard and Transport Canada, we have
developed a breakthrough solution for cleaner
air that will set a new course in environmental protection for years to
come.”
Other initiatives include Carnival’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions by 20 percent in 2015 from its baseline 2005 level. From 2005
to 2012, Carnival has reduced its emission rate by 16.7 percent,
including a three percent decrease between 2011
and 2012. Carnival has installed water treatment plants on nearly half
of its entire fleet of ships, and plans to install advanced versions of
the treatment plants on new ship builds and will continually upgrade
existing ones. It is Carnival’s corporate policy
to never discharge untreated sewage, despite maritime law allowing it
in specific instances.
“In the cruise industry, and truly for all industries, environmental
responsibility is essential to running a successful business in the 21st century,” said Carnival Corporation VP of Management Systems James Van Langen. “We are very proud of this
award and we will continue to maintain our focus on achieving environmental excellence and promoting clean technology.”
The New Economy has been giving out awards since 2011. The New Economy
Awards section of the magazine seeks to recognize those industry leaders
who have set out to establish progress – rather than rely on the status
quo. The research body investigates firms
across the world in order to garner an understanding of the texture and
thread of commercial markets.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in the
world, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North
America, Europe, Australia and Asia, comprised of Carnival Cruise
Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA
Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Ibero Cruises, P&O
Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 101 ships totaling 208,000 lower berths
with eight new ships scheduled to be delivered between spring 2014 and
fall 2016. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America
Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour company
in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New York and
London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group
in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100
indices.
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