Tourism is a booming industry and it has the power to create positive change on a global scale if done correctly. As one of the world's leading employment sectors, tourism provides important livelihood opportunities, helping to alleviate poverty and drive inclusive and sustainable development.
Ocean First Institute created Blue Certified to help link customers interested in sustainability with sustainable dive shops.
Blue Certified is an eco-label for the dive industry. It provides dive operations with the tools to perform better for themselves, the environment, their local community, and their customers. The goal of the program is to provide dive operators and their employees with a very clear path that leads to more efficient business practices and cost savings, all while benefiting the environment and strengthening marketing reach. Our eco-certification program centers around 30 best practices to protect and preserve the long-term viability of the communities, cultures, and environments in which we do business. Blue Certified educates and guides dive centers towards operating at an optimal level in all day-today operations and in relation to their biggest stakeholder, the ocean.
Panama Leads the Way with Eco Diving
Scuba 6 Eco Diving Awarded the Blue Certified Eco-Label
BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA (February 29, 2016) — Today, Scuba 6 Eco Diving announced it has been awarded the Blue Certified eco-label. Scuba 6 joined the Blue Certified program in July 2015 because it wanted a proven step-by-step system to achieve more efficient business practices, increase cost savings, and attract more clients who care about the ocean. Read more here.
"I think the Sustainability Plan template is a very useful tool, I love the way it ends up being our manual when I'm done."
Ginette Bariteau | owner | Scuba 6 Eco Diving, Panama.