Blue Resilience: The Next Strategic Asset Class for Private Investment.
Investing in blue resilience
From coastal infrastructure and innovative finance to direct investments in nature assets such as mangrove blue carbon projects, we work with companies, investors and philanthropists to create new opportunities that stack carbon, coastal resilience and decarbonization returns on investment, enabling companies and investors to move passive offsetting to active stewardship.
- Strategic ROI:
Direct project investments that align blue carbon offsets with strategic investor and business value (resilience of coastal assets, brand & stakeholder value) - Innovative Finance:
Enabling philanthropy, corporates, investors to connect and co-invest, creating synergies across different investment mandates and products. - Financing Resilience:
Positioning blue carbon projects as part of ESG and regulatory strategies, climate risk adaptation and corporate green finance opportunities.
Who is this for?
Enabling investments and capital collaborations across key investors:
- Philanthropic foundations
- Corporate CSR in coastal industries
- Corporate carbon investments
- Family offices
- Development finance
- Investment funds
- Asset managers
- Insurers
Connecting to Pipeline
A pipeline of blue carbon projects enables investors and companies to invest in blue carbon along with transformative resilience impacts.
Strategic Foresight on Blue Resilience
Our thought leadership anticipates what’s next. Our quarterly briefings keep investors and companies one step ahead, translating trends into strategic opportunities.
Coastal ecosystems provide over $1 trillion in flood protection benefits — yet remain critically underfunded. Investing in nature is investing in resilience.
Strategic initiatives
2022 - 2025 | The Mangrove (M40) Initiative
M40: Investing in Mangroves
We launched the M40 Mangrove Program in partnership with UBS Optimus Foundation in 2022. We are building a global pipeline of mangrove-positive investment opportunities, developing investment pilots to bridge the gap between commercial capital and catalytic philanthropy, and creating a blueprint for mangrove investment at scale.
- A portfolio of investment pilots.
- The 'premium' blue carbon framework.
- A global pipeline of investable projects.
- New private sector leadership models.
Investment Themes: Blue Carbon | Blue Food | Blue Resilience
Among the pilot projects of our M40 programme, we're working in one of the remaining mangroves sites in North Jakarta, Taman Wisata Alam Angke Kapuk (TWA AK), to bring funders and investors..
2021 - 2022 | design thinking for institutional finance
Advancing a
mangrove bond in Queensland
We have just completed a project supported by HSBC Australia, exploring the barriers, opportunities and viable design options for creating a Mangrove Bond in South-East Queensland (SEQ), Australia. We are now developing an implementation proposal in collaboration with Natural Resource Management (NRM) Queensland that to share with companies and investors in SEQ that have expressed an interest in funding such work.
Agriculture
Green Infrastructure
Eco Tourism
Agroforestry
Blue carbon
2020 - 2023 | mangroves as nature-based solutions
Catalysing mangrove insurance products in the Philippines
Our research on financial innovation provides insurance companies, investment banks and public financial institutions with the analysis, data and new perspectives needed to develop innovative finance products that put mangroves at the heart of their business development strategies. In partnership with the International Climate Initiative (IKI), we developed the blueprint for the development of “Mangrove Insurance” products in the Philippines, due to market in 2025.
Agriculture
Green Infrastructure
Eco Tourism
Agroforestry
Blue carbon
2018 | supporting global ambitions
Shaping The Mangrove Breakthrough
Our research provided a basis to support partners, including the UN Climate Champions and the Global Mangrove Alliance, in establishing The Mangrove Breakthrough in 2022. The Breakthrough provides a framework ambition and opportunity for UN member countries, companies, and NGOs to work together to scale finance for mangroves. We are proud that our programmes continue to contribute to the impact of the Mangrove Breakthrough.
Agriculture
Green Infrastructure
Eco Tourism
Agroforestry
Blue carbon
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