As the world’s largest journey B Corp, we maintain ourselves to excessive requirements in the case of balancing objective and revenue, and we’re clear about sharing our progress. So how did we do final yr? The outcomes are in.
In 2022 we acquired again to doing what we do finest: creating optimistic change by the enjoyment of journey. With Intrepid’s 2022 Integrated Annual Report, we’re lifting the lid on what it takes to be a really purpose-led enterprise, in addition to figuring out areas the place we are able to enhance.
Here are 22 methods we made our small group journeys and enterprise practices even higher in 2022.
Doing good for folks
1. As journey is again for good, we rebuilt our workforce throughout the globe, welcoming over 550 new workers members to the Intrepid workforce.
2. 145,795 travellers explored the world with us in 2022.
3. Customers advised us our journeys have been higher than ever, leading to our greatest ever buyer engagement end result and a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 75.
Doing good on our journeys
4. We launched at the least one plant-based meal on all of our Real Food Adventures.
5. We fashioned a new partnership with fellow B Corp and gradual journey supplier Byway to assist our travellers journey to and from their journey in Europe flight-free.
6. We re-opened operations in 86 further nations, taking the overall quantity to 112 – together with Japan, Botswana and Vietnam.
7. We launched 14 new Premium journeys in Asia, the Americas and Europe.
8. We relaunched our Women’s Expeditions in Morocco, India and Jordan.
9. We grew the variety of First Nations experiences on our journeys to over 100.
10. We launched our inaugural Antarctica season aboard the Ocean Endeavour, recruiting 65 specialist expedition guides. We additionally launched a number of objective and sustainability initiatives such because the Giants of Antarctica partnership with WWF-Australia.
11. We ran our first ever expedition to Bosnia and Herzegovina in a partnership with USAID Turizam and the Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council, aimed toward regenerating the Balkan nation by sustainable tourism.
12. We launched a variety of recent worldwide strolling trails together with the Trans Bhutan Trail (Bhutan), Great Inca Road (Peru) and the Via Dinarica (Balkans) to satisfy rising demand for nature-based tourism.
13. We welcomed three new companies into our group, increasing journey providing within the United States and Australia.
14. We began calculating trip-based emissions to achieve a stronger understanding of the totally different elements contributing to our total emissions, similar to lodging, modes of transport, meals supplied throughout journeys, actions and waste.
Doing good for the world
15. In 2022, we gained B Corp’s Best for the World™ award for the primary time ever. This is an honour given to B Corps with B Impact Assessment Scores within the prime 5% of a given class – in our case, governance. This signifies that our total mission, ethics, accountability and transparency are embedded in each side of our enterprise.
16. We obtained our second Fast Company Most Innovative Company award for our management in world vaccine fairness, intersectional sustainability and climate-conscious journey.
17. We partnered with PwC Indigenous Consulting (PIC) and Welcome to Country to roll out the National Indigenous Tourism Mentoring Program (NITMP) to First Nations tourism companies in Australia.
18. In 2022, we raised over $690,000 by the Intrepid Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of Intrepid Travel. Our 7000+ donors helped us assist 20 companions together with Education for All in Morocco, Blue Carbon Lab in Australia and Forget Me Not in Nepal. We additionally celebrated the muse’s 20th anniversary and over 20 years of doing good.
19. Of the fundraisers our group supported final yr, our most profitable was the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation stroll that raised $165,000. Notably, our Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal in March 2022 additionally raised greater than $150,000 from our beneficiant group.
20. Recognising we’re not simply in a local weather emergency however a biodiversity emergency, we signed the World Travel and Tourism Council’s Vision for Nature Positive Travel & Tourism.
21. We launched an improved recycling waste administration program throughout our workplaces in Thailand, India and Nepal.
22. We joined SBTi’s Net Zero Standard and Business Ambition for 1.5 future initiative, formalising our long-term decarbonisation dedication to succeed in internet zero by 2050.
Want to be taught extra about Intrepid’s mission to alter journey for good? Read our newest Annual Report.