Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

Stakeholder engagement
The company discloses its process for engaging with stakeholder groups.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
The company discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts in relation to its sustainability strategy.

Solid and air pollution
The company mentions some activities towards eliminating single-used plastics, and additionally discloses that it has eliminated over 20 million single-use plastic water bottles and 57 million plastic straws to date across its three brands.

Water
The company reports a decrease in water pollution and discloses its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company discloses its target to decrease the total volume of sludge offloaded fleet-wide by 5%, compared to 2018, by 2023, and reports progress against the target.

No leading practices were identified in the social inclusion and community impact area.

Act ethically
The company maintains a supplier code of conduct that prohibits bribery and corruption, and outlines potential termination of business contracts if suppliers fail to adhere to their commitments or violate this code. Additionally, the company provides a website and phone numbers for stakeholders to raise concerns about bribery and corruption. This reporting system is accessible to all and offers an option for anonymity, ensuring that complaints can be made without fear of reprisals.

Provide and promote decent work
The company publicly commits to worker health and safety, expecting business relationships to respect these standards and comply with relevant laws and regulations, as outlined in its Supplier Code of Conduct 2022. It also reports that 37.5% of its board members are female, demonstrating a commitment to gender equality.

Respect human rights
No leading practices were identified in the core social indicators area.

Lobbying
The company does not report on its lobbying and advocacy practices on nature-related issues, nor whether these activities align with its sustainability strategy.

Stakeholder engagement
The company discloses the importance of engagement with its stakeholders, however, no evidence found that the company discloses an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
While the company has set some targets, it does not disclose group-wide, time-bound targets on all key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain, nor does it report against all of its targets. No evidence was found that the company links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. The company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

GHG emissions
The company should set time-bound targets to reduce its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions as well as report progress against them. Crucially, the company needs to reduce its scope 1,2 and 3 emissions and its targets need to align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Impact and dependencies assessment
The company has not holistically assessed its impacts or how it depends on nature, including biodiversity. It has an opportunity to start such an assessment across its value chains, focused on quantification of its impacts or dependencies.

Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.

Key areas and species
The company does not disclose key species or areas important for biodiversity affected by its operations or suppliers. It has an opportunity to increase its transparency.

Resource exploitation and circularity performance
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

Solid and air pollution
The company is not reducing the production of hazardous waste. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. It also does not report metrics on air pollutants, nor set time-bound targets to reduce them.

Water
No quantitative evidence was found of reductions in water withdrawal across the company’s own operations. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas, nor engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. The company does not regularly report on water pollution metrics. The company has an opportunity to publicly commit to the right to water and to provide its processes for implementing preventive and corrective action plans for identified specific risks to the right to water and sanitation in its own operations.

Indigenous Peoples’ and land rights
The company does not show if it is committed to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
The company has an opportunity to commit to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders. Moreover, it should track its actual or potential negative impacts on the health of local communities.

Act ethically
The company adheres to multiple anti-corruption laws but lacks a publicly available policy specifically prohibiting bribery and corruption. It also does not adequately describe how it identifies related risks in its operations. While it claims to support policies for sustainable growth, it does not have a formal policy on lobbying and political engagement, and does not disclose its lobbying expenditures. The company has an opportunity to develop and disclose clear anti-bribery policies and to establish a comprehensive approach to lobbying and political engagements, including expenditure transparency.

Provide and promote decent work
The company asserts a commitment to complying with health and safety regulations but lacks quantitative disclosures on this aspect. It mentions auditing suppliers for compliance, including health and safety standards, but does not detail how it monitors these practices. While it ensures competitive compensation and legal compliance for wages, it does not verify if these wages ensure a decent standard of living or support living wages in its supply chain. The company promotes equal opportunity employment but does not have a broad public commitment to gender equality and lacks specific targets for women’s empowerment. The company has an opportunity to provide detailed health and safety reporting, confirm and support living wage standards comprehensively, and enhance its commitment to gender equality with specific, measurable targets and detailed disclosures.

Respect human rights
The company provides support for human rights but lacks a robust policy commitment, especially concerning freedom of association and collective bargaining. While it has policies related to forced and child labor, the overall commitment to ILO-declared fundamental rights is unclear. It lacks detailed descriptions of processes for identifying human rights risks in operations and through business relationships. The company has an opportunity to enhance transparency by developing and disclosing robust policies and processes for human rights due diligence and by detailing a global system for addressing human rights risks, considering factors like geography and social impact.