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A blue economy investment framework

Rolando Morillo, Emily Claire Mackey Faubel and Mark Spalding present a practitioner's guide to ocean engagement in public equities

Bonds for Ocean Conservation secures $100m for private credit facility

A $100 million commitment from nature investor ZOMA Lab to Bonds for Ocean Conservation will be used to launch a private credit enhancement facility aimed at attracting over $100 billion in financial guarantees by 2030.

AI necessary to build ocean datasets, says GIST

Artificial intelligence (AI) will be critical to building ocean datasets and tools, GIST Impact and HUB Ocean have told Environmental Finance, as they prepare for the blue finance market to scale.

GIST Impact partners up for ocean data initiative

GIST Impact has announced a partnership with ocean science foundation HUB Ocean to improve investor access to useable ocean data.

Diverse financing structures necessary for blue economy investing

A broader array of financing instruments are necessary to help scale blue economy capital commitments, an ocean-focused investor has argued.

Katapult Ocean, Octave Capital launch 'Asia's biggest ocean impact fund'

Impact investors Katapult Ocean and Octave Capital have launched a $75 million Asia Ocean Fund.

When will institutional investors take the plunge into ocean impact funds?

The ocean theme is becoming more prominent in the biodiversity and impact investing markets, but institutionals remain reluctant to wade in. Jennifer Forrest reports

Ocean impact funds market swells to €2.3bn

Ocean-related impact funds have collectively raised €2.3 billion ($2.6 billion) in capital commitments to date, according to Environmental Finance research.

IAPB to expand biodiversity credit market globally

From Jennifer Forrest in Monaco

Ocean 14 Capital backs insect-based protein alternative