Green Fins

Green Fins members are dive or snorkel operators who agree to follow the Green Fins Code of Conduct, are based in an active Green Fins location and have signed the membership form. Members receive annual assessments, training and feedback to help them improve their environmental sustainability.

An active Green Fins country is a destination whose Government has adopted the programme, and has trained Green Fins assessors who are qualified to recruit, train and conduct assessments of dive and snorkel operators in that country. These are:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Liveaboards
• Malaysia
• Palau
• Singapore
• Thailand
• The Maldives
• The Philippines
• Timor-Leste
• Vietnam

Dive and snorkel centers operating in active Certified Green Fins locations can become members by signing (and sending in) the membership form and pledging to follow the Green Fins Code of Conduct. One of the Green Fins team will then be in touch to organize your first assessment.

Duik- en snorkelcentra die zich niet in een actief Green Fins-land bevinden kunnen nog steeds lid worden door:

• Te beginnen met het verminderen van hun negatieve impact op het milieu door naar de Download-pagina van de Green Fins-website te gaan. Hier zijn alle materialen gratis te downloaden en vervolgens te gebruiken. Druk ze af en begin het gedachtengoed van het programma te promoten bij duikmanagers, duikgidsen en klanten.
• Het lidmaatschapsinschrijfformulier in te vullen en op te sturen naar [email protected] om je interesse voor het lidmaatschap kenbaar te maken. Er wordt dan contact met je opgenomen zodra Green Fins actief wordt in jouw land.
• Green Fins te volgen op sociale media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) voor de laatste updates en nieuws over duurzaam duiken.

Visit the Downloads section of the Green Fins website where all materials are completely free to download and use. Just print them out and start promoting them to dive managers, guides and customers.

Yes! Green Fins materials are available in a variety of languages, and we are working together to continually increase the languages and materials available. If you can't find a material you would like in your languages, please get in touch on [email protected] and we will do our best to help you. 

The Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course is the only course which teaches dive professionals how to prevent diving-related damage to coral reefs by following the highest environmental standards, as set out by the Green Fins initiative. Learn more here: https://greenfins.net/green-fins-dive-guide/

A new global platform for Green Fins Certified Members and Green Fins Digital Members to manage their sustainability journey. Learn more at greenfins.net/hub-guide/

PADI Eco Centers are the premier choice for all divers, adventurers and travel experts seeking ocean-first, marine conscious operators that place sustainability at the top of their agenda.

Green Fins Membership is one of three criteria that a PADI Operators must meet to qualify as a PADI Eco Center:

1. participation in the PADI AWARE Adopt the Blue™ program 
2. be an active Green Fins Member
3. demonstrate an exemplary level of environmental best practice, through the above programs

These requirements were selected to advance the PADI Blueprint for Ocean Action and support the PADI Pillars of Change, designed to integrate the core values of conservation and dive industry sustainability across the entire PADI network. We recommend operators give themselves at least 12 months to meet the minimum standards required for this designation.