Taiwan Dive Center

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Pingtung County, Taiwan

Certified Since

November 2018

Industry

Other recreation

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Taiwan

Taiwan Dive was established since 1980 with a mission “Bring Ocean Into Your Life.” It is a renowned PADI 5 STAR Career Development Center and proudly providing a wide array of diving related trainings and services to patrons and offered the best selection of quality merchandise. Through scuba diving, Taiwan Dive wants to shorten the distance between the ocean and people. They believe that people across the World who loves the ocean can also be connected and dive into Taiwan to appreciate the underwater world. Taiwan Dive is turning their divers into Ocean Guardians by providing marine education and conservation in sustainable ways, influencing the community to love and join them to protect the ocean, for the planet and future generations.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Taiwan Dive Center earned an overall score of 83.0. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
83
83 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 10.4

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement2.9
Ethics & Transparency4.9
+ Mission Locked2.5

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 34.8

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security6.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.8
Career Development7.4
Engagement & Satisfaction7.9

Community 16.2

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion4.5
Economic Impact3.0
Civic Engagement & Giving6.6

Environment 9.7

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management2.6
Air & Climate2.0
Water0.8
Land & Life3.5

Customers 11.8

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship3.1
+ Health & Wellness Improvement7.6
+ Education1

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2022 Overall B Impact Score83
2018 Overall B Impact Score82.9

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