The Business Case for Responsible Cost-Effective Provisioning

Date: 17 December 2025

For maritime executives balancing budget discipline with sustainability commitments, responsible food provisioning is one of the most cost-efficient levers available. It directly supports ESG reporting, compliance with tightening regulations and long-term decarbonization strategies and it comes without compromising crew well-being or service quality.

By optimizing how provisions are sourced, planned, and used, maritime executives can realize two core advantages:

• GHG emissions reductions across the fleet through small shifts in menu composition, reducing frequency of ruminant meat and improving portion control
• Operational savings by implementing structured provision management that include digitalised ordering, waste-tracking protocols and recipe planning   

For a full breakdown of the data and recommended pathways to action on how strategic food provisioning delivers a dual win to climate responsibility and operational cost reduction goals, dive into our publication Integrating Emissions Reduction and Cost Efficiency on Seatrade Maritime News.