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How it Started

As the very first liveaboard company to partner with The Reef-World Foundation in 2018, Explorer Ventures has worked alongside the Green Fins initiative to pioneer environmental guidelines for liveaboard operations.

With over 30 years of operational experience, Explorer Ventures continues to drive sustainability across the diving industry—identifying liveaboard-specific environmental challenges, implementing practical solutions, and proving that ocean conservation and business success go hand in hand.

To reflect both past achievements and future ambitions, Explorer Ventures holds a unique status as both a Pioneering Partner and Priority Partner.

Pioneering Partner: Honoring Explorer Ventures’ historical contribution as the founding liveaboard partner who helped bring Green Fins environmental standards onto liveaboard vessels.

Priority Partner: Formalizing Explorer Ventures’ active, leading role in co-developing bespoke, liveaboard-specific Green Fins standards and digital tools tailored to the realities of remote vessel operations.

What We’ve Achieved & What We’re Building Together

  • Tailored Liveaboard Guidelines: Collaborating to overhaul and replace legacy land-based assessment criteria with bespoke standards designed specifically for liveaboards, ensuring fair scoring and meaningful sustainability milestones.
  • Optimizing the Green Fins Hub for Liveaboards: Actively testing digital tools and hub capabilities for at-sea operations to make self-evaluations seamless for all crew members.
  • Fleet-Wide Crew Education: Requiring crew members across international fleets (including Caribbean operations) to complete the Green Fins Dive Guide e-course to prevent dive-related coral damage.
  • Guest Onboarding & Education: Educating guests prior to departure through custom onboarding videos that showcase best environmental practices while on board.
  • Supporting Global Reef Conservation: Providing guests with clear information and materials on how voluntary guest donations directly support Reef-World’s global mission to protect coral reefs.