Panel Discussion | Blue Finance Investor Building Capacity

In light of the World Ocean Summit (WOS), the FAIRR Initiative, CDP, and Finance Montréal are excited to co-host an insightful investor event, Blue Finance Investor Building Capacity: Understanding Ocean-Related Risks and Opportunities, in Montréal.

The event will bring together investors to explore the materiality of ocean sustainability, while providing those at an early stage of engaging with the blue economy with practical, actionable takeaways on how to get started. The discussion will highlight how investors can build on existing knowledge, tools, and resources developed across other areas of sustainability.

Speakers:

• Laure Boissat, Manager, Research & Engagement - Oceans, FAIRR Initiative

• Max Boucher, Head of Nature Programmes, FAIRR Initiative

• Oliver Tanqueray, Head of Ocean, CDP

• Torsten Thiele, Senior Advisor, Blue Finance, Ocean Risk & Resilience Action Alliance

Agenda:

• Registration and refreshments

• Opening remarks by Finance Montréal

• Presentation by CDP on its upcoming 2026 ocean integration, including its objectives and how it will work alongside existing questionnaires

• Presentation by FAIRR on its upcoming Seafood Index, highlighting how it leverages data-including CDP disclosures, and translates this into decision-useful insights to help investors assess the maturity of companies’ approaches to material risks and opportunities

• Expert panel discussion

• Audience Q&A

• Closing remarks