Wednesday, December 3, 2025

BLUE ECONOMY INNOVATION

A Newport, Oregon Restaurant and Seafood Company Turns Fish Waste into Products and Profits

Susan Lahey -
A Newport, Oregon restaurant and seafood company has launched its own program to sustainably use every part of the fish they serve. They call...

HarshLab Can Test Innovations in the Harsh Ocean Environments Where They Will Operate

Susan Lahey -
A big reason we don't already get our power from ocean waves is that it is very difficult and expensive to install something like...

B.C.’s COAST Innovation Challenge Offers Funds for Innovations in the Maritime Transition

Susan Lahey -
British Columbia's COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) Innovation Challenge is offering up to $100,000 (USD$72,000) and testing support for companies developing innovations...

BLUE FINANCE

African Development Bank, IGAD Launch Blue Economy Action Plan for the Horn of Africa

Susan Lahey -
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in partnership with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has launched a new multinational project to accelerate a...

B.C.’s COAST Innovation Challenge Offers Funds for Innovations in the Maritime Transition

Susan Lahey -
British Columbia's COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) Innovation Challenge is offering up to $100,000 (USD$72,000) and testing support for companies developing innovations...

Mindful Money Campaign Urges Investors to Restore vs. Degrade Ocean Through Ethical Investment

Susan Lahey -
New Zealand nonprofit Mindful Money has launched a campaign calling on New Zealanders to use their investment power to protect and restore the oceans,...

BLUE CARBON

Fujitsu Ocean Digital Twin Tool Can Quantify Blue Carbon Stores in Seagrass Beds

Susan Lahey -
Fujitsu has developed a technology that it says can rapidly and accurately quantify blue carbon--carbon absorbed and stored by marine and coastal ecosystems--from seaweed...

ArtCap Invests $25 Million in The Bahama’s Blue Carbon Credits Trading and Ocean Finance Strategy

Susan Lahey -
A boutique private lending platform founded by former CreditSuisse bankers, ArtCap Strategies, has provided $25 million ton support Carbon Management Limited, the project sponsor...

[C]Worthy Ocean-Based CDR Research Company Gets Multi-Year Support from ORCA and Patrick J. McGovern

Susan Lahey -
Worthy, a non-profit software company that creates oceanographic modeling and data integration to quantifies the efficacy and ecological impacts of ocean-based CDR has received multi‑year...

Regulation

World Business Council for Sustainable Development Releases Resource for Companies to Address Nature Risks

Susan Lahey -
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has released a Nature Action Portal, a new digital resource to help companies turn ambition into measurable...

European Commission Proposes Further Weakening of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Requirements

Susan Lahey -
The European Commission has proposed further weakening of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the EU's transparency framework for financial products integrating environmental or social...

Analysis Shows Companies Have Big Gaps in Their Nature-Related Financial Disclosures That Could Cost Them

Susan Lahey -
Risk nature analytics platform Dunya Analytics has released an analysis that shows companies are leaving big gaps in their nature-related financial disclosures that could...

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