Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the Risks & Impacts of Financing Non-renewable Extractive Industries - Dredging & Marine Aggregate Extraction

This briefing discusses the potential risks associated with dredging and the extraction of marine aggregates, and how financial institutions should engage with and respond to this sector. The briefing paper aims to provide an initial framework for this broad variety of institutions to consider how sustainability impacts and risks specific to harmful and non-renewable marine extractives manifest within their own portfolios, as well as the potential business risks arising from financing such activities.