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Soldiers Point Marina goes Carbon Neutral
Australia's first carbon neutral marinaSoldiers Point Marina in Port Stephens, NSW, is the first and only marina to be recognised in the official Low Carbon Directory, an initiative of the Carbon Reduction Institute, which lists various businesses certified under its NoCo2 program.
“We take our sustainability initiatives very seriously at Soldiers Point Marina and we challenge all other marinas to do likewise “ said Marina General Manager, Darrell Barnett.
Along with identifying areas where they could reduce their carbon footprint, Soldiers Point Marina purchased carbon credits to offset its impact and, thus, be carbon neutral.
Barnett says the idea was to be pro-active in protecting Port Stephens against the apparent threat of global warming. In 2008, Soldiers Point Marina became the world’s first marina to operate a No Carbon Marina Initiative.
Back in 2004, Soldiers Point Marina also became the first Clean Marina in Australia. The certification recognises that the marina is managed in an environmentally sensitive way by a team who takes responsibility for conserving the local waterways.
Soldiers Point Marina has now applied for more stringent ISO 14001 Level 4 Clean Marina status above its current Level 3 rating.
Hopefully, these initiatives go some way to quashing claims by environmental groups that marinas are environmentally unsound.
That perception has been the cause of many a failed development application and prolonged approval around Australia’s oft boating-amenity-starved coastline.
Soldiers Point Marina was awarded the 2011 Australian Marina of the Year by the Marina Industries Association of Australia. The marina is owned by Jeff d’Albora, who started the namesake marina chain now owned by Ardent Leisure.
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