Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Plastics & Pollution
More than 40 industry leaders have endorsed a new action plan to tackle global plastics issues, and have begun working together to create a more effective global system for plastics.
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Aviva Investors Fisheries & Aquaculture
Investors must do more to push seafood companies to adopt progressive policies that enhance the sustainability of fishing and fish farming and reduce the potential for environmental and human rights abuses, according to a report issued today by Aviva Investors and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.
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Claire Jolly & Barrie Stevens, OECD
Insight: For some, the ocean is the new economic frontier. It holds the promise of immense resource wealth and great potential for boosting economic growth, employment and innovation.
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The Street.com Fisheries & Aquaculture
A small fish swallowed a bigger fish when the U.K.’s Benchmark Holdings bought Belgium’s Inve Aquaculture from Coöperatieve Rabobank and Royal Bank of Scotland in December for about £227 million ($321.8 million).Read more → (12 minute read)
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Plastics & Pollution
Applying circular economy principles to global plastic packaging flows could transform the plastics economy and drastically reduce negative externalities such as leakage into oceans, according to the latest report by the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation, with analytical support from McKinsey & Company.
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