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Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fisheries and aquaculture involve both wild fishing and the farming of aquatic organisms for commercial purposes. Sustainable practices minimise environmental impacts, maintain biodiversity, and balance ecosystem health, reducing risks associated with overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution. Responsible management of both wild fisheries and aquaculture is essential for long-term food security, economic stability, and the preservation of marine ecosystems. Investors can assess risks related to overfishing, habitat degradation, supply chain transparency and regulatory compliance.
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The little book of investing in nature
Governments and investors are increasingly aware of their responsibility in promoting biodiversity through finance. This book features a comprehensive guide to developing sustainable investment strategies and planning, investment activities to pursue and avoid, case studies of current and past efforts, and an overview of the investment options which promote biodiversity.
Oil Change International
Oil Change International is a research, communications, and advocacy organisation focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the ongoing transition to clean energy. Through collaboration and policy analysis, they work within larger movements to build a fossil-free future.
Bankrolling extinction: The banking sector's role in the global biodiversity crisis
This report explores the contribution of the banking sector to the biodiversity crisis and the destruction of nature as of 2019. The report ranks the 50 largest banks globally based on their financing of unethical operations, finding a large impact on deforestation, ecosystem destruction and overfishing.
Factory farming in Asia: Assessing investment risks
Asia's meat, dairy, and seafood industries are increasingly vulnerable to risks with the potential to damage returns. This report analyses twelve Asia-Pacific markets identifying five areas of risk including food safety and nutrition, public health, environment, animal welfare and labour standards. Each area of risk includes key questions for investors.
Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR)
FAIRR Initiative is a diverse investor network that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities generated by intensive livestock production. They provide investors with the tools to combat environmental and social issues through sustainable finance in global food systems.
Governing the commons: The evolution of institutions for collective action
Elinor Ostrom examines the management of common-pool resources such as rivers, bridges and grazing areas. Ostrom discusses the ‘tragedy of the commons’ and environmental, economic and social threats to common-pool resources. Ostrom applies political and economic theory and policy literature to discuss potential solutions and challenge conventional approaches.
Climate-related risk scenarios for the 2050s: Exploring plausible futures for aquaculture and fisheries in New Zealand
Adopting an organisational risk lens, this report explores the potential extent and interconnectedness of climate-related impacts to New Zealand Fisheries through two, alternate scenarios (reflecting 2ºC and 4ºC of global warming) set in the year 2050. The report aims to support strategic decision making about sustainable utilisation of New Zealand's ocean resources.
Empty nets: How overfishing risks leaving investors stranded
In a report written under the Fish Tracker Initiative, this document provides an overview of seafood exposure in equity capital markets, focusing on fishing related risks. This report is written with the purpose of aligning the world's capital markets with sustainable management of fisheries and aquaculture.
Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet
The planetary boundaries concept presents a set of nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come; a 'safe operating space'. Crossing these boundaries increases the risk of generating large-scale abrupt or irreversible environmental changes.
Charting Asia's protein journey
This report written by Asia Research and Engagement examines the impact of Asia's growing protein consumption, and analyses the environmental and social consequences of this trend. The authors also put forward possible ways through which producers, consumer, regulators, banks and investors can facilitate the transition to sustainable protein.
Sea Around Us
Sea Around Us is a research initiative at the University of British Columbia that assesses the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems of the world, and offers mitigating solutions to a range of stakeholders. They provide free charts, and both reported and estimated catch data, from across the globe.
Environmental Defense Fund
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is an international non-profit organisation who have more than 2.5 million members. EDF is aiming to solve society's environmental problems such as climate change, by linking science economics and law to ensure solutions are innovative, cost-effective and equitable.
