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Our Advisory Network

Over 135 participants across 35 countries helped to transform the Ocean Panel’s vision into action.

In the initial phases of the Ocean Panel, the Ocean Panel Advisory Network played a key role leading up to the release of the Transformations in December 2020 and continues to provide support for key Panel goals.

The Advisory Network included the private sector, non-governmental organisations and intergovernmental organisations, coordinated by three eminent co-chairs.

Advisory Network Co-Chairs
Japan
Naoko Ishii
Director,

Center for Global Commons, Institute for Future Initiatives

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Naoko Ishii
India
Sanjiv Mehta
Chairman and Managing Director,

Hindustan Unilever

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Sanjiv Mehta
Greece
Maria Damanaki
Former European Commissioner for Oceans and Fisheries
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Maria Damanaki

Advising the Ocean Panel
on its ocean action agenda

The Advisory Network  brought together a diverse array of stakeholders to convert the Ocean Panel’s vision of a sustainable ocean economy into action. 

The group helped to drive action forward by disseminating and amplifying the Ocean Panel’s work to help implement, accelerate and scale action. This was within their own institutions and through voluntary action.

Advisory Network Participants
Business
  • Aeon Co. Limited
  • Aqua-Spark
  • Austral Fisheries
  • Biomar
  • Biota
  • BCI
  • Blue Oceans Partner
  • Blue-X Adventure
  • Cargill
  • Cermaq
  • Credit Suisse
  • Equinor Equity Group Holdings Limited
  • Fynd Ocean Ventures
  • G Adventures
  • Hatch
  • Hurtigruten AS
  • Iberostar
  • Inmarsat
  • Intrepid Travel
  • Katapult Ocean
  • Kongsberg
  • Metro AG
  • MOWI
  • Nissui (Nippon Suisan Kaisha)
  • OceanHub Africa
  • Odfjell
  • Orsted
  • PADI
  • Rockefeller Capital Management
  • Royal Caribbean International
  • Stena Line
  • Salmones Camanchaca
  • Thai Union
  • The Economist Intelligence Unit
  • Unilever
  • Willis Towers Watson
  • Wilhelmsen
NGOs
  • 5 Gyres
  • Aquaculture Stewardship Council
  • Blue Finance
  • Centro Desarrollo y Pesca Sustentable (CedePesca)
  • CLEAR Caribbean
  • Climate Bonds Initiative
  • Conservation International
  • Coral Reef Alliance
  • Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
  • EAT
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • FishWise
  • Fauna & Flora International
  • George Washington University’s International Institute of Tourism Studies
  • Global Fishing Watch
  • Global Maritime Forum
  • Global Penguin Society
  • Global Sustainable Tourism Council
  • Good Planet Foundation
  • International Collective in Support of Fish workers (ICSF)
  • International Pole and Line Foundation
  • International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
  • IUCN
  • Marine Conservation Institute
  • Marine Stewardship Council
  • Marviva
  • Millennium Institute
  • Minderoo Foundation
  • National Geographic Society
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Ocean Conservancy
  • Ocean Energy Group
  • The Ocean Foundation
  • Ocean Impact Organization
  • Ocean Outcomes
  • The Ocean Policy Research Institute
  • Oceana
  • Oceano Azul Foundation
  • Pathfinder Foundation
  • The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Planet Tracker
  • Rare
  • REV Ocean
  • University of Tokyo Center for Global Commons
  • Verite
  • World Resources Institute
  • WWF International
IGOs
  • African Development Bank
  • Asia Pacific-Economic Cooperation
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
  • Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
  • GEF
  • Indian Ocean Rim Association
  • Interamerican Development Bank
  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
  • International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
  • International Labour Organization
  • International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  • International Renewable Energy Organization (IRENA)
  • Nordic Development Fund
  • Norwegian Seafood Council
  • Norwegian Centre for Oil Spill Preparedness and Marine Environment
  • Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
  • Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
  • RAMSAR
  • The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea & Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)
  • UN Conference on Trade and Development
  • UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • UN Global Compact
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
  • Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
  • World Bank
  • World Trade Organisation
Initiatives
  • Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
  • Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA)
  • Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
  • Fisheries Transparency Initiative
  • Global Salmon Initiative
  • International Chamber of Shipping
  • International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA)
  • Natural Capital Coalition
  • Ocean Energy Group
  • Ocean Unite
  • Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship
  • Seafood Nutrition Partnership
  • Sustainable Ocean Alliance
  • World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers
Foundations
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
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