Royal Caribbean Group is a Miami-based cruise line operating 28 ships across three brands (Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Silversea).
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Royal Caribbean operates the world's largest cruise ships with rising absolute emissions despite intensity improvements. The company discloses Scope 1, 2, and partial Scope 3 data but lacks validated climate targets four years after promising SBTi alignment. Fleet remains 98% fossil-fuel powered; a wind farm offset covers ~10% of emissions. EPA fined the company $473,685 in 2024 for waste violations, continuing a 25-year pattern of environmental penalties.
Royal Caribbean scores 25/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified May 2026.
That places Royal Caribbean joint 728th of 847 companies scored, and 13th of 17 in Shipping / Logistics.
Where Royal Caribbean sits among shipping / logistics peers.
Among the 17 major shipping / logistics brands we've scored, Royal Caribbean sits 13th of 17.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Scope 1 emissions increased 11.51% since 2019 and 7.94% year-over-year 2022–2023.
Two LNG ships provide ~25% CO₂ reduction but carry methane slip risk.
Over four years later, no validated SBTi targets published.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (6/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (1/10, 2/10).
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Royal Caribbean.
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See the breakdown →FedEx reports 14.9 Mt of Scope 1 and 2 emissions with EY review-level assurance, but its contracted-transport Scope 3 rose from 6.36 Mt to 6.78 Mt in FY25 while Scope 1 and 2 fell.
See the breakdown →USPS discloses emissions across Scopes 1–3 with multi-year data, but lacks third-party verification and split Scope accounting.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
11 of 14 sources are independent of the company.
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Royal Caribbean Group is a Miami-based cruise line operating 28 ships across three brands (Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Silversea). As the world's largest cruise operator by fleet size, it transports ~5.7 million passengers annually through Caribbean, Mediterranean, Alaska, and Asian waters. Founded in 1972 and publicly traded, the company is a major player in global leisure shipping.
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