SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability
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SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE CRUISES

Committed to promoting responsible travel
 
 
“We are steering a course towards a lower carbon future and, by 2050, will achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions”

PIERFRANCESCO VAGO
Executive Chairman 

For us sustainability means protecting the environment, supporting the people who work with us and choose to travel with us, as well as the communities and places that we visit and do business with.

Can cruising be more sustainable?
At MSC Cruises we believe it can be. With our cruise sustainability programme we are introducing cleaner fuels across our cruise ships, promoting responsible travel through our sustainable excursions, reducing plastics, recycling and reusing waste on all our ships and producing our own freshwater on board directly from the sea.

  
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS
Browse our Sustainability reports and find out what we do to promote sustainable cruising
 
OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMME
Our journey towards sustainable cruises is organised around four key pillars: Planet, People, Place and Procurement. This translates into a drive to continuously improve our fleet’s environmental performance; caring for all employees and promoting diversity and inclusion; working to ensure that our impact on the coastal communities that we reach remains positive; and responsibly sourcing the products and services that we purchase.  

PLANET

We continuously push the boundaries of what is technically possible at sea and are actively engaged in the development of next generation environmental technology.

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PEOPLE

MSC Cruises is a people-focused company, employing tens of thousands of people across the world. Nearly 80% work on board our ships.

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PLACE

Collaboration with local authorities, community groups and partners, such as the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), to share information and integrate policies and strategies helps support sustainable tourism management. Together, we are promoting a variety of activities to our passengers and delivering greater social and economic outcomes for communities.

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PROCUREMENT

From large mechanical parts for our ships to ingredients to feed thousands of people at a time, down to the smallest details, like toiletries, and medical items, we need to buy a huge amount of supplies for our fleet, crew and guests.
Managing environmental, social and ethical issues in our supply chain is critical, and we take a robust approach to this across all areas of procurement.

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MSC FOUNDATION

As a family-owned company with a global seafaring heritage that dates back to 1675, we care passionately about the seas and have a real love of the beautiful places and inspiring cultures we take our guests to explore all over the world. This has led us to launch many life-changing initiatives over the years. 
 
The MSC Foundation was founded in 2018 to lead and coordinate these conservation and humanitarian commitments worldwide, developing the longstanding philanthropic partnerships of all the MSC Group companies and launching many new initiatives. 
 
Our Foundation works to restore the critical balance between people and nature, utilising our global reach and unique knowledge of the sea to take immediate action to protect and nurture the blue planet, its peoples and our shared cultural heritage. We help disaster-struck populations toward recovery and support vulnerable communities around the world to realise their full potential through education, sustainable development, and humanitarian medical programmes.