Blue economy

The latest developments in sustainable finance

From blue bonds and funds to keeping up with the EU taxonomy. How can investors support the aims of SDG14: Life Below Water?

The latest news on investing to support SDG14

Our ocean is a crucial – but often misunderstood – necessity for a healthy planet. Besides creating livelihoods for billions of people and being a source of natural beauty, our ocean serves as a tremendous asset to climate change mitigation, absorbing 93% of climate heat and sequestering 25% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

In recognition of UN World Oceans Day 2020, we are delighted to invite you to join us for a webinar ‘Investing in innovation and blue nature’. The webinar, co-hosted by Credit Suisse, Ocean Unite, Responsible Investor and the EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries will explore the initiatives supporting the ambition of protecting 30% of the Ocean by 2030. Themes discussed will include: the science behind regenerating marine biodiversity, how to reduce financial risk from degrading ocean health and build resilience to change, and the critical involvement of the financial and investor communities to achieve results. Keynote: Virginijus Sinkevicius - EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Speakers: Marisa Drew - Chief Executive Officer, Impact Advisory and Finance (IAF) Department, Credit Suisse Prof. Callum Roberts - Professor of Marine Conservation, University of York Karen Sack - ORRAA Co-Director, President and CEO Ocean Unite Facilitated by: Dennis Fritsch - Researcher, Responsible Investor

Deep seabed mining is being advocated as necessary for decarbonising our economy, but it poses big risks to both investments and ethics

RI looks at the current landscape of ocean finance

The latest fund developments in ESG and sustainable finance

Innovative deal structure can now hit the capital markets with benchmark blue bonds

The ocean - or blue - economy is expected to grow at twice the rate of the mainstream economy by 2030, and the economic value of global ocean assets is estimated to already be at over US$ 24 trillion, making the Blue Economy the seventh-largest economy by GDP globally. However, with ocean health and impacts tightly linked to the threats of climate change and other anthropogenic threats, such as over-fishing, habitat destruction and pollution, a large amount of capital is at risk. Are the world's investors aware of ocean-related risks to their portfolios, and are they acting on the opportunities provided by this emerging investment topic? Discussing the findings of RI and Credit Suisse’s market-first research study “Investors and the Blue Economy”, this webinar investigates whether the conditions exist for private capital to flow towards a sustainable use of the ocean. And if not, what needs to change. Speakers: Liesel van Ast, Membership and Regional Co-ordination Manager, UNEP FI Chip Cunliffe, Director Sustainable Development, AXA XL James Gifford, Head of Impact Advisory, Credit Suisse Shally Shanker, Founder & Managing Partner, AiiM Partners Moderator: Dennis Fritsch, Researcher, Responsible Investor