Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities 2025

13 Making Waves in the Regenerative & Sustainable Ocean Economy: Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities Blue bond structures are being developed to advance and scale investment in key ocean sectors. Current bond-based investable opportunities include: The World’s First Small-Scale Fisheries Impact Bond Rare launched the world’s first small-scale fisheries (SSF) Impact Bond focused on Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It will establish three Managed Access with Reserves (MA+Rs) areas as other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) to support 30x30 goals. By establishing and sustainably managing these new MA+R sites, Rare will help strengthen coastal marine habitats including coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses and help build capacity and formalization of micro and small businesses, bringing artisanal fisher microbusinesses into the formal economy and strengthening their capacity along the domestic value chain. LINK TO BOND The Blue Bond Accelerator a i m s t o c a t a l y z e U S D $ 7 0 billion of investment into the regenerative and sustainable blue economy by 2030, by building a high integrity blue bond market which will future-proof economies and societies by incorporating the Ocean onto balance sheets. It is activating research that indicates a USD$550 billion per annum investment opportunity across six defined regenerative and sustainable blue economy sectors by 2030. Over 60% of the investment potential is in the Asia- Pacific region, with 3% in SIDS. The Accelerator aims to realize this potential through its role as a market builder, a technical advisor and a convenor. LINK TO BOND Indonesia Coral Reef Bond proposal, initiated by the World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia, GEF, BNP Paribas and IUCN, is a pioneering outcome-based financing instrument designed to mobilize private capital for the protection of over two million hectares and three marine protected areas in Indonesia. Tied to measurable improvements in coral reef, reef fish health and MPA management effectiveness measured by the IUCN Green List Standard, it aligns biodiversity goals with economic incentives. By leveraging nature-linked finance, the initiative seeks to boost sustainable livelihoods while supporting climate resilience and long-term ocean stewardship. LINK TO BOND Deep Blue Verified Impact Facility (Deep Blue) in development by ORRAA with support from Builders Initiative, is an outcome-based financing facility that mobilizes blended capital into ocean resilience projects. The goal is to drive measurable improvements in marine ecosystem health and biodiversity, while shifting market behavior towards performance-based investment and catalyzing systemic change in ocean finance. Target communities are marine-dependent populations across the Global South, including stakeholders in SIDS and coastal nations in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. The facility will embed outcome-based financing into ORRAA's Sea Change Impact Financing Facility (SCIFF) instruments to ensure investments deliver tangible ecosystem and livelihood benefits.SCALING UP: UNLOCKING INVESTMENT IN THE REGENERATIVE & SUSTAINABLE BLUE ECONOMY