07 March 2023Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD
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Blue Finance, Nature, News | 10 November 2020
American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company Signs the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles
American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company announced today that it has signed the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles joining a growing…
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 28 October 2020
The global financial system is intimately linked to the ocean, says Peter Thomson of the United Nations
We cannot have a healthy planet without a healthy ocean, and in any global discussion on biodiversity the ocean must…
Blue Finance, GRT2020, Nature, News | 27 October 2020
Marine ecologist Enric Sala addresses the financial community
The blue economy is an attractive opportunity for banks and insurance companies, yet some players are rushing to invest without first adopting sustainability principles that can avoid repeating the wrongs of the past, says world-renowned ecologist Enric Sala.
Blue Finance, Nature, NCFA, News | 15 October 2020
Reuters: The finance sector must go beyond business as usual to solve the biodiversity loss crisis
Eric Usher of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and Corli Pretorius of the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre say banks should urgently set targets for financing the protection of nature in the critical next decade in the same way that many have set climate targets
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 25 September 2020
Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Gathers Momentum
Efforts to establish a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have today passed an important milestone with the announcement of an Informal Working Group (IWG) comprising some of the world’s biggest banks, investors and companies, as well as governments and regulatory bodies.
Banking, Blue Finance, Insurance, Investment, Nature | 13 August 2020
Sustainable Blue Finance
Join banks, insurers and investors committed to ocean health by becoming a signatory to the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles.
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 30 June 2020
Urgency for Finance Sector to set Biodiversity Targets
New research published today shines a spotlight on the urgent need for financial sector action on biodiversity. The report highlights the need for banks, investors and insurers to set firm targets to reduce biodiversity loss, starting with nine critical sectors where financial players are exposed through their loans, investments or underwriting activities.
Blue Finance, Insurance, Nature, Pollution & Circular Economy, Publications | 28 November 2019
Unwrapping the risks of plastic pollution to the insurance industry
Plastic is an increasingly high-profile threat to our climate, ocean, wildlife and human health as it becomes widespread both in…
Blue Finance, Insurance, Nature, Publications | 28 October 2019
Protecting our World Heritage, insuring a sustainable future
World Heritage Sites are recognised for their unparalleled beauty, global significance and/or biological diversity and the important economic, social and…
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 07 May 2019
Why the UN’s latest report on the state of our planet’s biodiversity and ecosystems matters to financial institutions
Few weeks pass without scientists reporting new knowledge of how badly humans are treating our planet, and the consequences for…