Companies can be financially exposed to the ocean without seeing themselves as part of the blue economy. This article explores how businesses can map those dependencies, assess financial materiality, choose appropriate strategic and financing responses, and move promising initiatives from pilots to scalable business models.

I moderated five sessions at Economist Impact's Sustainability Week between Monday March 21st and Thursday March 24th, on topics such as investing in nature, the road to nature-positive, and farming for the future. On the in-person day in London on March 22nd I moderated sessions on materials and technology, and measuring the S in ESG.

Happy to announce the launch of a new Economist Intelligence Unit research project that I led, on how environmental, governance and social factors are shaping our future. The research is based on a survey of 450 institutional investors. It explores the ongoing shift of ESG from risk to opportunity.