PADI and PADI AWARE Foundation authored the PADI Blueprint for Ocean Action, a joint conservation framework that defines conservation targets across 5 key areas aimed at increasing total ocean protection to 30% by 2030.

To date, AWARE has distributed $2 Million to 51 Grantees for in-country work directly supporting the PADI Blueprint for Ocean Action. In 2022, the Foundation dedicated 24% of its public funds to Grants with plans to fund $1 million by 2024.

Divers around the world can participate in conservation-focused courses as well as conservation events at PADI Centers all around the globe, directly creating more resilient local economies and marine ecosystems.

The very best of PADI’s environmentally-committed dive centers have met a challenging threshold of environmental performance, recognized in partnership with Reef World Foundation, who operates the Green Fins initiative in partnership with the UN Environment Program.

Through partnership with Scripps and National Geographic Pristine Seas, estimated the global economic total of the diving sector, helping to position PADI and diving as key contributors to the blue ocean economy.

As a leading global ocean exploration and diving organization with a longstanding commitment to conservation, PADI is in a unique position to set high standards for dive industry sustainability.

One of the three areas of focus of the People & Humanity Blueprint, Promote Healing and Wellness, also compliments PADI's vision to restore balance between humanity and ocean. Read how underwater immersion can benefit overall health and mental well-being.

To increase access for all to the underwater world, PADI recognizes PADI Adaptive Service Facilities that have invested in comprehensive operational services and infrastructure that meet the needs of divers with physical, psychological or mental challenges to promote inclusivity in its diver training programs and other dive activities.

2023 marks the 9th year of the PADI Women in Diving Initiative. Earmarked by the global flagship dive event hosted each year on the 3rd Saturday of July, the effort as helped decreased the gnder gap in diving and increased female recreational dive certifications by an average of 10% since 2015.