In 2019, the Surfrider Foundation Europe’s project team collaborated with Green Marine’s team to coordinate the adaptation of Green Marine’s North American environmental certification program in Europe. The key players in this adaptation consist of a group of European shipping companies and maritime transportation stakeholders, thereby creating a mechanism that supports them in improving their environmental performance on a European scale. The Green Marine Europe program works in the same way as the North American one. When launched in the spring of 2020, it only involved ship owners. In order to obtain the Green Marine label, candidates must annually measure their environmental performance using the program’s self-assessment guides, then submit their results to an external verification that is carried out by an independent verifier accredited by Green Marine Europe, as well as agree to publish their individual results.
