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You might have seen a new logo doing the rounds in the last few years. A big B in a circle: Certified B Corporation. Ben & Jerry\u2019s have got one. So does Patagonia. Danone North America has one too, making them the largest B Corp in the world. And Intrepid Travel has been a certified B Corp since 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But what does it mean? And how does being a B Corp<\/a> change a business for the better?<\/p>\n

Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. B Lab, a non-profit organisation, verifies all this via a rigorous application process.<\/p>\n

B Corps are a global movement of people using businesses as a force for good. Intrepid are part of a network of more than 2,500 B Corps in around 150 industries around the world. This means that our current (and future) travellers have a guarantee that we\u2019re committed to benefitting people and the planet. Can I get a high five?<\/p>\n

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR B CORP JOURNEY HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been cheering about responsible travel for years. It\u2019s why we work with local leaders, travel on local transport, bunk down in locally run accommodation and eat in local restaurants to put money back into the communities we visit.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Pat O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But since we\u2019ve become a certified B Corp, we\u2019ve made a few more changes to our business too. Here are seven ways that change has been for the better:<\/p>\n

1. We declared a Climate Emergency<\/h2>\n

In January 2020, we declared a Climate Emergency, alongside a group of other organisations in the tourism industry as part of Tourism Declares. This commitment to climate has seen us go public with an action plan that includes continuing to measure our emissions (ALL of them), offsetting 125% of our emissions in 2020, transitioning to 100% renewable energy, and decarbonising our entire business, including on trips and in our offices.<\/p>\n

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2. We set our sights on becoming climate positive<\/h2>\n
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Photo by Melissa Findley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Carbon offsetting is an internationally recognised way to manage carbon emissions that can\u2019t be entirely eliminated. It\u2019s a way for organisations to cancel out emissions that they can\u2019t completely eliminate by investing in projects that reduce emissions instead. We carbon offset all our trips (those offsets are doubled on our 2020\/2021 Antarctica trips), minimise the environmental impact of our adventures by using locally owned and operated ground services, and travelling on local transport to reduce fuel usage per passenger. We also purchase carbon credits in a range of renewable energy projects, like wind turbine farms in India and Turkey, land-burning projects in Australia\u2019s Northern Territory, and reforestation in Malaysian Borneo.<\/p>\n

While we support carbon offset projects, we accept that offsetting isn\u2019t really enough anymore. We\u2019ve been carbon neutral since 2010, but in 2019 our mission shifted to being climate positive in 2020. This means we\u2019ve committed to removing more<\/em> carbon from the atmosphere than we create.<\/p>\n

READ UP ON OUR CARBON OFFSET PROJECTS HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

3. We planted over 88,000 trees<\/h2>\n
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Photo by Eden Reforestation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In December 2019, we launched a subscription service<\/a> \u2013 a partnership between Ecologi, Intrepid Travel and our not-for-profit The Intrepid Foundation \u2013 to offer customers a way to offset their own carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

Under the initiative, every tree planted is matched by The Intrepid Foundation \u2013 tree-for-tree \u2013 through our partner Eden Reforestation Projects, in collaboration with the local community. Travellers who book onto any Intrepid 18 to 35s adventure<\/a> will have 50 trees planted on their behalf (yup, FIFTY!). All trees are planted in the \u2018Intrepid forest\u2019 site in Kenya\u2019s Kijabe Forest, a former eucalyptus plantation that was deforested more than 15 years ago to make room for non-native species and has remained deforested ever since.<\/p>\n

INVEST IN A TREE (OR TWO) HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

4. We helped make a movie!<\/h2>\n

Intrepid supported the production of the documentary film 2040<\/a>, which was released in 2019. This doco looks to the future, exploring how we could actually reverse global warming if we start making changes to agriculture, education, sustainability and economics now.<\/p>\n