La coopération au cœur de la MéditerranéeWhat it covers
25 criteria, 5 impact families
The GREEN BAY certification is built on 25 cross-cutting operational criteria covering every environmental issue of a port welcoming passengers. Each criterion comes with detailed guidelines to lead the port operator through the certification process.
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25 criteria,
6 families
A reference framework written by port operators, for passenger terminals. Each criterion carries guidelines and a verifiable requirement — which is what makes it auditable by a third party.
Waste
6 criteria
Waste from ships, passengers and the operator, single-use plastics, dredged sediments, ship sewage
- 01 Ship waste reception and handling plan
- 02 Passenger waste at the terminal
- 03 Ship-generated waste (MARPOL I and V)
- 04 Waste of the operator and its contractors
- 05 Dredged sediments
- 06 Ship sewage (MARPOL IV)
Pollution
8 criteria
Discharges at berth, run-off water, bunkering, air quality, noise, sanitary and pollution-response equipment
- 07 Ship maintenance at berth
- 08 Rainwater and run-off from the yards
- 09 Fuel bunkering
- 10 Obsolete equipment
- 11 Air quality
- 12 Noise pollution
- 13 Sanitary facilities
- 14 Pollution-response equipment and accidental pollution
Resources
2 criteria
Monitoring and reduction of water and energy consumption, alternative sources and renewable energy on the port estate
- 15 Water consumption control
- 16 Energy consumption control
Climate & Biodiversity
2 criteria
Measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting and restoring land and marine biodiversity
- 17 Measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- 18 Land and marine biodiversity
People
5 criteria
Staff training, awareness of temporary and seasonal staff, internal communication, information of users and port operators
- 19 Training of port staff
- 20 Awareness of temporary and seasonal staff
- 21 Internal communication
- 22 Information and awareness of users, feedback handling
- 23 Information and awareness of port operators
Governance & Transparency
2 criteria
Annual review shared with stakeholders, action plan with schedule, responsibilities and resources, monitoring indicators
- 24 Annual review
- 25 Environmental action plan
One criterion, in full
Reference
Criterion 11 · Pollution
Criterion
Air quality
Requirement
Where the diagnostic study recommends it, the operator knows the impact of port activity on air quality and implements reduction measures: its own equipment, the vehicles of waiting passengers, ships at berth
Guidelines
Where shore-side electricity exists, it is required for connectable ships on calls longer than two hours; berths are allocated in priority to the lowest-emitting ships; during a pollution episode, users and operators are informed and encouraged to act.
Verified on documents and on site by an accredited independent auditor
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Read the reference framework
The full reference framework — the 25 criteria and their guidelines — is published by AFNOR under the reference AFNOR SPEC 2407, freely available online.