Welcome to our October Newsletter.
We hope everyone is doing well.
COP26 and the Oceans
With COP26 less than a month away and the United Nations Oceans Conference now set for June 2022, there’s a palpable sense of energy and determination to take ocean and climate
initiatives to a new level. Energy Solutions, a core focus of the COP, is one of Investable Oceans’ five Blue Economy sectors, and we believe (as we wrote in this
piece last year) that climate action is ocean
action and that solutions that are good for the oceans are also good for the climate.
We look forward to seeing those of you joining COP in person in Glasgow. Will you be there? Please let us know at
info@investableoceans.com. And you can follow the COP here, as well as at the impressive
World Resources Institute’s COP26 Resource Hub.
Calendar and Newsletter highlights
Beyond COP, the October calendar is packed with engaging events. You can see a number of them below, and make sure to click through to the full calendar to see many more. In honor
of World Octopus Day this Friday, check out our featured book from the creators of the Academy Award Winning documentary ‘My Octopus Teacher.’ Additionally, we have featured the
Blue Food Assessment’s highlights from the very first UN Food Systems Summit to recognize and celebrate
National Seafood Month.
Oceanic Global Launches the Blue Standard
This innovative, holistic program seeks to create real change by helping businesses and consumers make better decisions — for themselves and the oceans. The standard includes
robust approaches such as plastic-free labels for products and packaging and education for businesses on how to lead the blue wave. Learn more about the
Blue Standard and check out one of Oceanic Global’s virtual launch events, listed on
our calendar.
Blue Economy Discussions/Events Involving Investable Oceans
In September we were delighted to be the lead article in Green Money’s very first
Oceans and Climate issue. This gave us the opportunity to expand
on our mission statement “to simplify and accelerate market-based sustainable ocean investing across all asset classes and all sectors of the Blue
Economy”. We hope you’ll have a look, and as always are interested in exploring these topics further with members of our community.
We also recently joined the Advisory Board of The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL), an innovative ocean hub based in Norway, and
participated in one of their panels at this year’s Oslo Innovation Week (OIW). Vanessa and Ted also participated in the
Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit speaking on climate change, oceans and water. This Saturday (Oct 9th) Ted will be hosting a
virtual panel Exploring the Deep at the Diving Talks event in Portugal, featuring deep ocean pioneers Edie Widder, Peter Girguis and Ana
Colaco. Later this month we’ll also be presenting virtually at the International Science conference. We hope to see you at some of these events!
Thank you, as always, for your support.
Ted, Brian, Vanessa and Glenn
