2024

Certificate number: BTD 011/2023 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

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Imagine Surf School

Certificate number: BTD 011/2023 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

Go to Imagine Surf School

Sustainability efforts

Did you know that Imagine Surf School has committed to the following sustainable actions? Learn more below:

The global sustainability of Imagine Surf School

From Biosphere we recognize and highlight the effort that Imagine Surf School has made to meet the 169 goals of the 2030 Agenda, even with what this means for their business management. You can congratulate them by writing to any of our social media about your experience with Imagine Surf School and we will share it: Twitter Biosphere and Instagram Biosphere

They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.
They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.

Attributes

Local gastronomy

Environmental project

Reduced Carbon Footprint

Positive Local Impact

Solidarity project

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:

They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.

The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:

They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.

The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:

They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
They collaborate with other entities to promote sustainability in the territory.
They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.

As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:

They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.

Sustainable business management must include the perspective of respect for the marine environment and its resources. In this sense, Imagine Surf School has carried out the following actions:

To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:

They promote the respectful use of beaches and marine environments.
They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.
They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
They carry out actions to raise awareness and protect marine ecosystems.

As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:

They strive to prevent the degradation of terrestrial ecosystems and habitats.
They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.

Society and Culture

In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:

They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
They apply safety and risk prevention measures.

Imagine Surf School is adapting to the real needs of its employees, customers and other stakeholders, keeping sustainable development as its main objective.

To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:

They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
They care about training their staff.

To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:

They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
They adopt labor measures for gender equality.

To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:

They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.

Governance and Economy

To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:

They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
They take measures to prevent food waste.

The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Imagine Surf School has decided to work along these lines.

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.

To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Imagine Surf School undertakes efforts such as:

We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:

Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.

To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:

They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.

It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:

They create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability