ROYAL Caribbean Group (RCG) has announced its Destination Net Zero program to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The comprehensive decarbonisation strategy includes pledging to establish science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Destination Net Zero’s four-pronged approach includes the modernisation of its global fleet through the introduction of 13...
ROYAL Caribbean Group (RCG) has announced its Destination Net Zero program to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
The comprehensive decarbonisation strategy includes pledging to establish science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Destination Net Zero’s four-pronged approach includes the modernisation of its global fleet through the introduction of 13 new and alternatively fuelled vessels; continued investment in energy efficiency programs for the fleet; development of alternative fuel and alternative power solutions; and optimised deployment and integration of strategic shore-based supply chains.
Over 18 to 24 months, RCG will develop goals to be validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTI), the first such pledge for the cruise industry, work which will begin following the publication of SBTI’s marine transport methodology.
Along the journey to net zero, key milestones will be critical to making progress, of which one of the most ambitious is the delivery of a net zero cruise ship by 2035.
Other plans include Silversea Cruises’ ‘Project Evolution’ — RCG’s first hybrid-powered ship, set to debut in the northern summer of 2023, as well as a wind farm in Kansas, which will offset up to 12% of the company’s scope 1 and 2 emissions per year.
“Decades ago, we set out on a course to advance sustainability; our vision now is to realise carbon-free cruising over the next two decades,” explained Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Richard Fain (pictured).
“Today we are announcing the most important destination of all in our company’s history — Destination Net Zero — an ambitious strategy to cut emissions, protect our oceans, and ensure the viability of the hundreds of destinations that our guests and crew members care deeply about.”
Destination Net Zero also builds on RCG’s deep sense of responsibility to embed sustainability throughout the company (CW 24 Sep).
