Diving Deep: Finance, Ocean Pollution and Coastal Resilience

The Principles provide a framework to inform financial decisions relating to the sustain- able blue economy. If widely adopted, the Principles can help to transform how the ocean’s assets are used and managed to secure healthy and resilient ecosystems, assur- ing future environmental, social and economic resilience while advancing nature-based solutions. However, it is critical that further sector-specific guidance, tools and metrics are provided to give financial institutions the resources they need to adopt and imple- ment the Principles and have tangible positive impacts on the transition to a sustainable blue economy and ocean health.