Sustainable blue economy insights

To achieve the Paris Agreement target of net zero by 2050, the world needs to shift to green infrastructure – now. In this feature for LUX magazine, Claire Asher shows how the public and private sectors can speed the move from fossil fuels to green energy.

Creating a sustainable blue economy – meaning we can invest in businesses directly related to the oceans while avoiding negative impact – is one of the most important tasks on humankind’s to-do list. Deutsche Bank's Muriel Danis speaks about the challenges.

The sustainable blue economy​ refers to all economic activity linked to the ocean that takes place within a framework designed to protect the environment, conserve natural resources and allow for equitable development​.

Rainforests provide invaluable ecosystem services supporting climate management, biodiversity, and rural livelihoods—but they are also fragile. In this publication, we focus on four key concerns: deforestation, climate change, poaching and illegal trade, and mining and oil extraction

Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, has witnessed the effects of climate change on her home country, Dominica, first hand. She tells LUX magazine how the world’s financial institutions need to get creative to help developing nations combat climate change.

In this publication, we take a close look at the environmental benefits we gain from the marine environment, the definition of a Sustainable Blue Economy, development areas and problems and how we can help finance sustainable maritime nature-based projects.

This report describes our latest progress in relation to the Future Climate Coral Bank project and our decision to partner up with Leviathan, a foundation established by the artist Shezad Dawood, to develop a ground-breaking analysis of Nature based Solutions (NbS).

Markus Müller discusses how the ocean, biodiversity, the global economy and the world of finance are inextricably linked – and proposes what should be done now to make business fit for a nature-compliant future.

Karen Sack, a leading voice in the ocean economy, speaks to LUX about how only action and investment from the Global North can allay the effects of global warming on the world economy – and its most vulnerable nations

Ted Janulis, founder and Principal at Investable Oceans, speaks to LUX magazine about why the blue economy is making a splash with investors.

Marine life is threatened by climate change, pollution and overfishing. Now, a new generation of business startups is aiming to reshape the ocean economy, making it both truly sustainable and profitable.

As our oceans warm up, the spectacular coral reefs of the Maldives archipelago are dying. A new philanthropic project, led by Deutsche Bank, aims to make them more resilient to climate change.

Jean-Michel Cousteau, the French ocean explorer, film maker, educationalist, philanthropist and founder of the Ocean Futures Society, talks about connecting with people globally to make a difference; and about his celebrated father, Jacques Cousteau.

Mangroves are highly important for biodiversity and play a crucial role as nature-based solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change, even though they make up less than 1% of all tropical forests worldwide.

Our report describes the results of Phase I of the Future Climate Coral Bank project, the first project supported by the Deutsche Bank Ocean Resilience Philanthropy Fund.

Energy price volatility has had an obvious impact on ESG portfolios this year, but we also need to consider the longer-term dynamics around energy and commodity markets.

The Ocean provides key ecosystem services that are crucial for human wellbeing and the prosperity of the global economy. Learn more on how a sustainable blue economy could be implemented.

Our CIO Special looks at the rapidly growing Asian energy market and how policymakers are trying to satisfy growing demand – while also reducing carbon emissions and improving energy security.