Uniworld Boutique River Cruises has released its second Impact Report, detailing progress against its sustainability goals set with parent company The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) sustainability strategy, "How We Tread Right."
In 2022, Uniworld was the first river cruise line to publish an impact report detailing progress made, as the brand tackles goals in support of the people, planet and wildlife in destinations visited across the globe.
Julie Higgins, Sustainability Officer at Uniworld said “We’re extremely proud to publish our second annual impact report, detailing the progress that we’ve made over the last year towards our sustainability goals, as well as updated and more ambitious net zero targets announced last year. While we work towards eleven individual goals within our overarching strategy, our main intention will always remain the same, which is to make this planet a better place than we found it.”
2022’s progress includes a 34 percent reduction in food waste across six ships using the cutting-edge food waste technology Leanpath. In addition, 61.1 percent of suppliers are now providing local products, offering multiple immersive MAKE TRAVEL MATTER experiences that advance the United Nations Global Goals across 25 percent of itineraries.
Uniworld’s original goal of carbon neutrality by 2030 was replaced in 2022 with the more ambitious goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, backed by near-term, long-term, and net zero targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, and an industry-first Carbon Fund supporting its decarbonization journey.
In an effort to further progress its emission reduction goals, Uniworld announced a collaboration with Path2Zero, a five-year research project led by Delft University of Technology aimed at leading the transition of the European inland shipping industry towards net zero. The project will employ “living lab” workshops to create digital models of the shipping system and test the efficacy of technologies to achieve net zero shipping.
Uniworld’s captains and engineers will be contributing to various living labs, lending their knowledge and assistance in testing potential solutions. In addition to this technical expertise, Uniworld’s TreadRight Foundation is also a supporter of the project.
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