Marine positive certification
leading the way in water pollution accountability
Marine Positive certification is based on calculating the water pollution acqua-trail of the specific sources of that pollution and ultra-offsetting it. For example visiting cruise ships. Or run off. Each source of water pollution can have an acquatrail cost-of-damage calculation attached to it.
ACHIEVING "MARINE pOSITIVE STATUS"
By becoming ‘positive’ you will be overcompensating for damage (still) being done even if this has already been diminished. Or for damage done in the past.
Certification is annual.
The feel-good is considerable and a marine positive certification programme can easily be implemented for cruise passengers (or indeed other groups) in the same way as carbon offsetting is implemented for air travellers.
how certification is managed
The acquatrail calculation and marine positive certification is carried out by a commercial enterprise – Marine Positive Ltd. All its compensatory funds are donated to The Going Blue Foundation to fund island-specific projects as defined on its website under projects.
contact
Please contact Susannah Stewart if you would like to know more about the marine positive certification.