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Aurora Expeditions certified as a B Corporation

Aurora Expeditions achieved B Corporation certification for meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

January 29, 2024

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The B Corp certificates are issued by B Lab, a nonprofit network founded in the United States in 2006, ‘transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet.’ 

Rigorous and rewarding

Aurora CEO Michael Heath said the three-year process was rigorous, but rewarding.

The line was assessed on its impact across five key areas:  governance, workers, community, environment and customers.

Key to Aurora’s certification was its portfolio of sustainability programmes, including its 100% climate neutral status, emissions reduction strategies. conservation climate change education and support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Responsibility to educate

‘We have been taking passengers on small ship expeditions to some of the world’s most remote and untouched wilderness destinations for more than three decades and we recognise acutely our responsibility to inspire, educate and advocate for the preservation of these important ecosystems,’ Heath said.

‘As a B Corp in the expedition travel space, we’re counted among businesses that are leading a global movement for change and we hope to inspire others in our industry to do the same.’

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About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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