Welcome to our June Newsletter.
United Nations Ocean Conference Arrives in Lisbon!
Like many of you, we’re packing our bags for the long-awaited second UN Ocean Conference this coming week. We hope to see many of you! Ted, Glenn and Tariq will be there and look
forward to connecting with old friends and making new ones. There’s a dizzying array of events all week. If you’d like a quick refresher, here’s a good introduction to the
Conference and its goals, by our friends at the
World Economic Forum.
Investable Oceans Hosts Our Inaugural Ocean ESG Summit
On June 9/10, we were thrilled to host our first-ever Ocean ESG Summit. We brought together leading NGO’s, asset managers, investors, regulatory and policy experts, ESG rating
agencies and scientists in NYC to discuss the current landscape and future prospects for ESG in the blue space. Our goal in convening these critical minds into the same room was to
inspire new collaborations, cross-pollinations and calls to action. The outcomes from the Summit still have us buzzing, and we are hopeful that we’re helping create the foundation
for an authentic and effective ESG for the oceans over the coming years. Below are some of our most important takeaways — and please let us know if you’d like to learn more about
this or future Investable Oceans events:
- There are abundant, rigorous tools and frameworks available today
- The proliferation of ocean-related investment products across asset classes gives this initiative a sense of urgency
- There are clear collaboration opportunities to avoid reinventing the wheel, some of which already sparked during our time together
- Although the ocean community sometimes feels small, not everybody knows everybody - so we have to keep connecting!
Introducing our Cohort Partners Program
Over the past several years we’ve been building a platform that connects investors with blue economy companies and funds that are making a difference for the oceans. While we
currently have over 50 offerings on our site, there are many more exciting organizations out there doing great work. To increase their visibility and scale up our impact, this week
we launched our Cohort Partners Program, which allows an accelerator or other innovation platform to list an entire cohort on our site. While we’re not vetting these companies
ourselves at Investable Oceans, we’re selecting our partners carefully. We’re delighted to welcome on board our first inaugural Cohort Partner, Daniel Kleinman and
Seaworthy Collective, who along with Investable Oceans is a member of
1000 Ocean Startups Coalition. Please reach out to us if you’d like to learn more about this new program.
Partners & Engagement Page Now LIve on Website
We deeply believe in SDG 17, which states “the SDGs can only be realized with strong global partnerships and cooperation”. So wherever we can, we seek opportunities for “radical
collaboration”, a phrase we first heard from our friends at Lonely Whale. We thought it might be helpful if we listed our corporate and
individual initiatives in one place, so we added a new Partners & Engagement page to our About tab. We’re
always eager to work with more organizations and individuals in the sustainable oceans space, so if you have ideas please let us know!
The Explorers Club Hosts Its Sixth Annual World Oceans Week
A number of us participated on an individual basis in this year’s World Oceans Week @The Explorers Club. One special highlight: the announcement by Dr. Sylvia Earle of New York’s
first Mission Blue Hope Spot in Shinnecock Bay, which was proposed by Dr. Ellen Pikitch of Stony Brook University and The Explorers Club, with support from others including
representatives of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. Below, a few notable numbers:
- 1000+ classrooms reached in partnership with Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants
- 1000’s of attendees online and in-person
- 50+ presenters from around the globe
- 80+ early/mid career ocean professionals in TEC’s first Blue Generation Bootcamp
- 400 submissions for first-ever global octopus photo contest, in partnership with Octonation (Warning, this site can be habit-forming)
- 8 sustainable seafood companies provisioning a Sustainable Seafood Soirée
- 200 sledging biscuits consumed in Scott/Amundsen recipe taste test
Please let us know if you’d like to learn more about this annual event - we’d be happy to connect you with the right people depending on the topic!
We thank you as always for your support.
The Investable Oceans Team
