Martin Koehring 🌏 Global Blue Economy and Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Trustee | TEDx Speaker

Delivering a keynote at the upcoming Blue Finance event in London in September

🌊 Exciting news! I’ll be speaking at Ocean and Coastal Futures (OCF) inaugural Blue Finance event in London, 10-11 September 2025!

This UK-first gathering brings together leaders from finance, ocean sustainability, and government to explore how capital can drive sustainable, regenerative solutions for our ocean.

🎤 I’m honoured to be giving a keynote as part of “Theme 3: Measuring what matters tracking impact”.

My session will focus on:

🌐 Setting the vision for a regenerative and sustainable blue economy

⚓ Applying the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles (hosted by United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI))

📘 Providing sector-specific and blue bond guidance

🧠 Strengthening ocean literacy via the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative

I’m thrilled to be sharing the stage with an incredible lineup of speakers and moderators, including:

Mark Gough (Capitals Coalition) | Lucy Holmes (WWF) | Max Boucher, CFA / Laure Boissat (FAIRR Initiative) | Eoin Murray (Rebalance Earth) | Benj Sykes (rsted) | Benjamin Green (National Grid) | Katrina Ross (UK Chamber of Shipping) | Lucy Greenhill (Howell Marine Consulting) | Daniel W. (The Commonwealth) | Dickon Howell (Howell Marine Consulting) | Louise Heaps (WWF) | Torsten Thiele | Franois Mosnier (Planet Tracker) | Sonali Siriwardena (Simmons & Simmons) | Harry Wright (Bright Tide) | James Merchant (Marine Conservation Society) | Kaija Barisa (Blue Marine Foundation) | Will Oulton (Marine Conservation Society) | David Tudor (Ocean and Coastal Futures (OCF)) and many more inspiring voices!

🔗 Tickets are now available here

Lets shape a future where finance works for the ocean 🌍💙

Tags: Blue Economy blue finance ocean

Martin is a global ocean, climate and sustainability expert and futurist with 20+ years of experience. Currently, he is Director/Trustee at both the Marine Conservation Society, a leading ocean conservation charity in the UK, and the New Economics Foundation, a major sustainable-development think tank. He also serves as Ocean and Finance Specialist at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Previously, he was Senior Strategic Expert in Blue Economy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Head of The Economist’s World Ocean Initiative, Practice Lead for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources at Economist Impact (The Economist Group), and Global Director of Impact at the leading international sustainability NGO Forum for the Future.

A prolific global speaker, Martin has chaired the World Ocean Summit and spoken at other major global ocean, climate and sustainability events such as the UN Ocean Conference, UN World Ocean Day, Our Ocean Conference, COP26/World Biodiversity Summit, Island Finance Forum, Virtual Island Summit, World Water Week, Blue Earth, edie, Climate Week NYC, London Climate Action Week, Economist Sustainability Week and the World Green Economy Summit. He has published widely on ocean and sustainability issues on Economist Group platforms and in other reputable outlets such as UN Today, BusinessGreen, the T20 compendium for India’s G20 presidency and the Ocean Yearbook.

Martin is known for accelerating the growth and impact of the World Ocean Initiative, helping to establish Economist Impact’s Sustainability Project (winner of a Webby Award for “Best Writing – Editorial”), serving as project director for the award-winning Food Sustainability Index, and giving a TEDx talk on “How a just & regenerative mindset can help us navigate the polycrisis”.

Martin is available for consulting and speaking opportunities.

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