Blue Finance

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 03 March 2022

New guidance launched today by UNEP FI provides banks, insurers, and investors with a science-based, actionable toolkit to align their…

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 10 February 2022

As governments gathered today at the One Ocean Summit in Brest, France, further ambitious steps were taken towards sustainable use of marine resources, with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) announcing it has signed the UN’s Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 14 December 2021

The blue (ocean) economy offers many opportunities for private finance to lend and invest in a sustainable and nature-positive way. Here we look at some of the leading examples of best practice in social and environmental sustainability across the coastal and marine tourism sector which banks, insurers and investors can seek out. 

Banking, Blue Finance, Nature, News | 09 December 2021

Read Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP's speech on the global biodiversity funding gap, and why negotiators finalizing the Global Biodiversity Framework can help to unlock private and public finance at a massive scale by setting the enabling environment for alignment of finance to nature. Includes what the climate space has taught us about using alignment to shift finance and the need to focus on action in food systems which will be particularly critical.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 04 November 2021

COP26 today focuses on accelerating the global transition to clean energy. The blue (ocean) economy offers many opportunities for private…

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 15 October 2021

Sustainable Seafood can be one piece of the puzzle in ensuring food security in a low-carbon future. Global leaders are…

Blue Finance, Events, Podcasts | 11 October 2021

Dennis Fritsch, Sustainable Blue Finance Lead at UNEP FI and Dorothee Herr, Oceans & Climate Change Manager at IUCN discuss ocean health, its role in regulating the global climate, its economic value and the role that financial institutions can play in restoring this vital ecosystem.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 30 September 2021

With the Zero and Low-emission Innovation Forum - co-hosted by the IMO and UNEP - having been held this week, the transformation of the maritime transportation sector is taking centre stage this autumn. In this article we look at some of the leading examples of best practice in social and environmental sustainability across the maritime transportation sector which banks, insurers and investors can seek out.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 05 August 2021

The blue (ocean) economy offers many opportunities for private finance to lend and invest in a sustainable and nature-positive way. Here we look at some of the leading examples of best practice in social and environmental sustainability across the port sector which banks, insurers and investors can seek out.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 26 July 2021

On 22 July 2021, the G20 environment ministers gathered in Naples committing to ‘continue and increase’ their efforts to address…