Expanding the investment colour palette

The ocean econ­o­my can be defined as the sum of eco­nom­ic activ­i­ties of ocean-based indus­tries, togeth­er with the assets, goods and ser­vices pro­vid­ed by marine ecosys­tems. The Organ­i­sa­tion for Eco­nom­ic Co-oper­a­tion and Devel­op­ment expects the val­ue gen­er­at­ed by ocean-based indus­tries to reach $3tn (£2.2tn) a year by 2030. But, despite the cen­tral­i­ty of water to both our lives and the glob­al econ­o­my, ocean and water sus­tain­abil­i­ty is chron­i­cal­ly under­fund­ed. Pri­vate investors must recog­nise that sus­tain­abil­i­ty requires not only green invest­ments but also blue ones