United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

A revised Ocean Finance Protocol asks central banks and supervisors to assess risks tied to declining ocean health and the industries that depend on it.

The revised Ocean Investment Protocol, published September 21, 2026, by the UN Global Compact and the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative, hosted by UNEP Finance Initiative, extends its recommendations to central banks and financial supervisors for the first time.

The update asks them to consider how ocean degradation could affect financial institutions and the wider financial system, building on a protocol originally launched in May 2025.

Produced in collaboration with WWF's Greening Financial Regulation Initiative, the update moves beyond the guidance the protocol has offered investors, insurers, and ocean industries since its original launch.

And today we're actively involved in the implementation of the global framework on chemicals.

This is being led also through support by UNEPFI and a finance and investment work stream that Rachel is helping to co-chair.

So, you know, some of the things that we've been doing here is supporting investment statements, calling on government to provide clear and consistent policy signals that will enable companies and investors to plan for the transition away from hazardous chemicals towards safer alternatives.

Now, companies, of course, need this clear policy signal to be able to invest in those alternatives, which, of course, take time.