Costa Crociere has introduced the seventh edition of own associate-environmental budget



Today Costa Crociere, in occasion of the crocieristica manifestation Seatrade Med 2012 of Marseilles, has introduced the seventh edition of own associate-environmental budget that illustrates the results reached in 2011. Last year the emissions in gas atmosphere to greenhouse effect produced from the fleet of the company, measured in terms of "specific" emissions (that is rapportate to factors as the nautical miles covered by the ships and the beds available) tied to the fuel consumption, are diminished of 3.8% regarding the year precedence, having recorded a decrease of 14.5% regarding the value of 2007. The reduction - Costa Crociere has explained - is returned possible by the progress in the initiatives times to the decrease of the power consumptions and the consequent emissions in atmosphere, as uses it of ecological paintings to the silicone, use of light bulbs to LED to low consumption, the optimization of the system of air conditioning, use of "inverter" for the conditioning and the ventilation of the engine room.

The budget evidences also a decrement of 50% of the injurious gas emissions for the ozone layer through the progress in the conversion of the systems of refrigeration and conditioning of edge, replacing systems HCFC (idro chlorine fluorine carbides) with systems HFC (idro fluorine carbides), than they are not lesivi for ozone.

Moreover the percentage of water produced directly on the ships of the fleet thanks to dissalatori and evaporatori has reached 71% of the total of consumed water on board.

At last, between the measures assumed in the environmental field, figure the start of the project "Sustainable cruise", co-financed from the EU commission through program LIFE+, the instrument financial of the European Union that supports the actions for the safeguard of the atmosphere. Costa Crociere is front man of the project, in which they experience themselves, for the first time in the marine field, models of management and innovative technologies on three specific types of refusals - biological packings, refusals and paper - aiming for objectives much concrete of reduction to the source and recovery. The ship "chosen pilot" for project is Costa Pacifica (114,500 tons of tonnage and 3,780 passengers totals), where in the 2012 the first activities have been under way on board. The activities previewed from "Sustainable Cruise" join within politics of management of the refusals that Costa Crociere applies on board of the fleet already from various time and that he previews a system of collection differentiated of 100% of the solid wastes of edge.

In social within, the internal formation has been a priority of 2011, is on board of the ships that in the earth offices. The hours dedicated to the formation have been about 780.000, with an increase of 40% regarding the year precedence, and have regarded the topics of the social, ambient responsibility and safety, besides the relative formation to the updates of managerial, technical type and linguistic. The engagement of Costa Crociere in Brazil for the recovery of some types of refusals to the aim is continued at last to create deep to assign to social useful activities. In the 2011 deep ones they are used for the association "Capdever" of Salvador de Bahia, that it assists the families that live in situation of extreme poverty, and in order to help the ngo "Crianca Feliz" of Santos, that more organizes course sport for the disagiati children.