Green Marine
The Halifax Port Authority has been a Green Marine participant since 2011 and has achieved the following scores in the 2018 reporting year:
| GHG and Air Pollutants |
Spill Prevention | Community Impacts | Environmental Leadership | Waste Management | Underwater Noise |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
The above results are compiled on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 illustrates the monitoring of regulations and 5 illustrates excellence and leadership. The average score for participating ports, across all applicable areas during the 2018 reporting year, was 2.9. The Halifax Port Authority achieved an average score of 4.2, placing HPA in a leadership position.
Founded in 2007, Green Marine is a North American environmental certification program that stems from a voluntary initiative by the maritime industry to exceed regulatory requirements. Green Marine is a rigorous, transparent and inclusive program that targets prioritized environmental issues such as greenhouse gases, community impacts, and water and land pollution. To date, more than 133 ship owners, port authorities, terminals and shipyards from one ocean to the other in Canada and the United States participate in the program.
The Green Marine program derives its uniqueness from the support it receives from environmental organizations and government agencies, such as Clean Nova Scotia and Transport Canada. These approximately 70 supporters contribute to shaping and revising the program.
The cornerstone of the Green Marine initiative is its far-reaching environmental program, which makes it possible for any marine company operating in Canada or the U.S. to reduce its environmental footprint by undertaking concrete and measurable actions.
To receive certification, participants must benchmark their annual environmental performance through the program’s extensive self-evaluation guides, have their results verified by an accredited external verifier and agree to publication of their individual results.
The annual results are published in Green Marine’s Annual performance report, in early June of every year, and are posted on Green Marine website which can be found here.
