| Ponant plastic move

PONANT Explorations Group has committed to a zero-plastic fleet, with the firm’s vessels now equipped with self-serve Nordic filtration water fountains.

Passengers can now bottle their own water in recyclable glass containers, eliminating the need for plastic bottles across all ships and operations.

These efforts have led to the avoidance of nearly one million plastic water bottles, representing 20 tonnes of plastic waste, compared to 2019 usage.

Single-use plastic usage per guest has reduced from 0.63kg in 2022 to 0.006kg in 2024 as a result of this reduction, alongside the ban of plastic straws, cups, laundry bags and single-serve food packaging.

Ponant also signed the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative in 2021.