The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released additional ocean-related sector guidance for the fishing and the marine transportation and cruise lines industries.
Among the new guidance measures, the TNFD has co-developed an interoperability table with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). This allows MSC-certified fisheries to report against TNFD metrics and ensures comparable information to investors and other stakeholders building on metrics and data already widely in use.
New marine transportation and cruise lines guidance helps organizations identify, assess and manage their nature-related issues. This includes interactions with ecologically-sensitive areas such as marine protected areas and migratory corridors for marine mammals. It highlights the need for better understanding and disclosure of critical dependencies, such as the cruise line sector’s reliance on vibrant coral reef ecosystems.
The TNFD’s work with stakeholders also surfaced the need for additional consultation on measurement and metrics across ocean-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. The paper explores current ocean-related measurement and metrics related to corporates and financial institutions.
TNFD has launched an ocean-related issues survey, open until 1 October 2025.
“Our ocean is critical to life on Earth and the resilience of our global economy, yet it remains underrepresented in most corporate and financial decision-making,” said Razan Al Mubarak, Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures. “With these new materials, TNFD aims to help organizations better understand and respond to the unique challenges and opportunities of ocean-related nature risks. I am pleased to see strong collaboration with scientific and market experts in developing this guidance.”
