Holland America Line

Holland America Line, an operator within the sea and coastal water transportation services industry headquartered in the Netherlands, has reported its carbon emissions and climate commitments.

For the 2020 reporting year, Holland America Line's total Scope 1 emissions were approximately 815,514,000 kg CO2e, and its Scope 2 emissions were approximately 2,006,000 kg CO2e (market-based) or 1,690,000 kg CO2e (location-based). Scope 3 emissions data were not disclosed for this period, with noted missing data points including purchased goods and services, fuel and energy-related activities, and upstream transportation and distribution.

Prior to 2020, specific total emissions figures are available for earlier years:

• In 2018, total emissions were approximately 1,214,705,000 kg CO2e, comprising about 1,212,765,000 kg CO2e of Scope 1 and approximately 1,198,856,000 kg CO2e of Scope 2.
• In 2017, total emissions were approximately 1,243,387,000 kg CO2e, with Scope 1 at approximately 1,241,075,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 at about 1,223,948,000 kg CO2e.
• In 2016, total emissions amounted to approximately 1,186,839,000 kg CO2e, including roughly 1,176,897,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1 and about 1,159,582,000 kg CO2e for Scope 2.
• For 2015, total emissions were approximately 1,275,135,000 kg CO2e, with Scope 1 at about 1,263,463,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 at approximately 11,671,000 kg CO2e (market-based) or 2,114,000 kg CO2e (location-based).
• In 2013, total emissions were approximately 1,347,948,000 kg CO2e, with Scope 1 at about 1,342,768,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 at approximately 5,180,000 kg CO2e.

Years 2019, 2014, 2012, 2011, and 2010 have no disclosed emissions data available. For all reported years, Scope 3 emissions were not disclosed.

Holland America Line's climate commitments are cascaded from its parent company, Carnival Corporation & plc, as Holland America Line is a current subsidiary with cascade level 3. Carnival Corporation & plc, as reported via CDP, is targeting net carbon-neutral ship operations by 2050, with an aspiration for all waste to be sent to waste-to-energy facilities by the same year. Previously, Carnival Corporation & plc aimed to reduce the intensity of CO2e emissions from its operations by 25% by 2020, using a 2005 baseline for both Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Additionally, between 2011 and 2015, Holland America Line and its sister cruise lines reduced the total quantity of GHGs emitted from their ship operations by 15.9 percent, and they had a 2015 target to reduce the intensity of emissions from shipboard operations by 20 percent against their 2005 performance.