MSC Cruises announced it will be the first major cruise line to become carbon-neutral.
The cruise line will buy enough credits from companies that absorb carbon dioxide to offset all of the carbon emissions from its 17 ships. They will begin this new initiative on January 1, 2020.
The credits purchased will cover activities at sea, and should be 2.2 million tons.
“It’s not just a question of buying credits, but we also want to make it more tangible,” Executive chairman Pierfrancesco Vago said. “The blue credit is a way where we want to invest through the MSC Foundation to create farming in the sea through kelp and algae, which have proven to be one of the best CO2 absorbents today.”
Matt Hochberg
Matt loves to cruise, and started Cruise.Blog as a place to share different cruise experiences, advice, and what to know before going on a cruise.
He lives in Florida with his wife and two daughters, where he can be found on any given day trying to convince his wife they "need" to book another cruise.
