Environmental Sustainability
The Port of Albany strives to conduct activities in a sustainable manner defined as environmentally responsible, community-driven, and economically beneficial. Respecting the environment is important for the Hudson River watershed and neighboring communities in addition to the sustained operations of the Port.
Green Marine
The Port of Albany consistently strives to be a leader in environmental performance. This is proven by the Port's commitment to consistent and consecutive Green Marine certifications beginning in 2016. The Port of Albany was the first port in New York State to volunteer and certify in the Green Marine program and has continued to demonstrate and expand its environmental leadership.
Certification comes after a year-long process of an internal assessment to benchmark annual performance through the program’s comprehensive self-evaluation guides. These results are verified by an accredited external verifier and then published.
The Port of Albany joins with ship owners, other ports, terminals, seaway corporations, and shipyards to address environmental issues through Green Marine’s 12 performance indicators. It is a voluntary, transparent, and inclusive initiative that focuses on key environmental issues.
The Green Marine Program is an environmental certification program for the North American marine industry and includes environmental performance measurements such as monitoring invasive species, GHG emissions and air pollutants, spill prevention, community impacts, environmental leadership and waste management. The Port of Albany looks forward to continuing its commitment to continuously improving environmental efficiencies in daily operations and working with its partners, customers and tenants to do the same.
David Bolduc, President and CEO for Green Marine International (left) with John Kosa, Director of Operations and Facilities for the Port of Albany at GreenTech 2025 in New Orleans
Port of Albany staff, tenants, and business neighbors came together recently and welcomed Allison Ryan, Green Marine program manager, who shared information about the types of membership, the qualification measures, and how Green Marine is helping the maritime/maritime-adjacent industries improve environmental performance beyond regulations.
Port staff, tenants and friends honored Earth Day 2025 with a clean up at Historic Cherry Hill in Albany's South End. A stalwart crew gathered to clear leaves and brush from the upper garden, to remove fallen trees, and to help prepare areas to extend green space.
The community air monitoring program (CAMP) at the Port's Expansion project was one of the most rigorous programs in memory, boasting eight air monitoring stations (as opposed to industry standards of one monitor per soil disturbance), two sets at each of the cardinal directions, measuring for different size particulates.
