Harmonizing Offshore Wind Energy and Marine Ecosystems: A Framework for Environmental Metrics and Tools

The Making Oceans Count II (MOC II) project seeks to ensure that material marine ecosystem-related risks and opportunities are better integrated into the decision-making processes of key actors within the Nordic financial sector and the blue economy. Investors play a pivotal role in advancing the sustainability of marine environments, as well as protecting and restoring their biodiversity. The initiative, supported by the Danish VELUX FONDEN, is implemented by a consortium comprising Copenhagen Business School, the Green Digital Finance Alliance, and Hub Ocean. The project has also benefited from the active participation and insights of financial institutions and data providers from the Nordic region and internationally. In its current phase, Making Oceans Count 2, the project focuses on scoping and addressing the needs of the sustainable blue economy and finance. The long-term ambition is to leverage ocean-related data to develop insightful and actionable ocean (ESG) metrics tailored for investors and industries exposed to the marine environment. By aligning ocean data with the needs of financial and ocean-based industry decision-makers, the MOC initiative aspires to drive meaningful contributions toward a sustainable blue economy.