60 Public Events Ignite Summer Charm

HONG KONG, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As a world-class exhibition and event venue, AsiaWorld-Expo continues to deliver spectacular and distinctive events under its core strategy, “Explore All in AWE” aiming to provide diverse EXPOtainment experiences for local and Greater Bay Area audiences. Last weekend, the popular Korean girl group BABYMONSTER made their Hong Kong debut with a stunning performance, leaving fans exhilarated and craving more! From June to September, AWE will host 60 cross-disciplinary public events spanning music, sports, technology, and education. Leveraging its strategic location near the airport and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, AsiaWorld-Expo has emerged as a hotspot, attracting large numbers of visitors from mainland China and abroad. This influx significantly boosts tourism and benefits the hotel, retail, and dining sectors.

Kings and Queens Return to AWE, a Diverse Array of Artists Dominate Summer Schedule

From June to September, the music extravaganza will reach new heights with 35 concerts featuring a diverse lineup of artists from both East and West, creating an unprecedented density of performances. On some evenings, multiple concerts will even take place simultaneously. AWE’s summer schedule promises to ignite the passion of loyal music fans, devoted star-chasers, and trendsetters who love diverse music genres.

In June, Japanese diva Ayumi Hamasaki will return to Hong Kong for her first solo concert since 2008. After 17 years, her enduring affection for the AWE stage will captivate fans with her timeless charm. July will see the heat intensify with the “McDonald’s Hong Kong 50th Anniversary I’m lovin’ it Music Concert,” featuring a stellar lineup including Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse, Joey Yung, Hins Cheung, Softhard, and MIRROR, promising an unforgettable spectacle. In August, BIGBANG’s G-Dragon will make a highly anticipated return with his “Übermensch World Tour,” concluding its first leg in Hong Kong, set to captivate the city.

Other highlights include Korean star Taeyeon, LE SSERAFIM, STAYC, RIIZE, &TEAM, Japanese-Korean acts NiziU, British duo HONNE, Chinese artists WeiBird and Zhang Bichen, and local talents Juno Mak, MIRROR’s members Alton, Anson Kong, Frankie, and Lokman, and Jeremy Lee, among others, taking the AWE stage. These events will deliver Hong Kong’s vibrant energy, Japanese flair, Korean wave charm, and British sophistication, allowing fans to experience a global music culture without leaving the city.

All-Round Stage for Passion and Energy

Beyond music, AWE is also a hub for sports and innovation. Following last year’s success with 28,000 attendees, the Hong Kong Fitness & Wellness Expo, alongside the world’s largest indoor fitness competition, HYROX, will return from 26 to 27 July. The FIRST® LEGO® League will provide a platform for young students to showcase technology and creativity, integrating STEAM elements for participants to shine. Meanwhile, the BOC Youth Development Programme All Primary School Fencing Competition – BOC Cup and Junior Open Fencing Championships will spotlight young athletes pursuing their dreams.

Dual Auto Shows Propel Mobility, Football Summit Fuels Possibility

This summer, AWE caters to car enthusiasts and football fans with tailored events. The inaugural International Automotive & Supply Chain Expo (Hong Kong), running from June 12 to 15, will showcase technological breakthroughs in the global automotive industry, featuring top vehicle brands including FAW Group, Hongqi, GAC Group, Geely Auto, BYD Auto, Chery Auto, SAIC Motor, Dongfeng Motor and CHANGAN Automobile, covering a wide range of models. A Low-altitude Economy Zone will feature leading aerospace vehicle brands, including XPeng Motor, Geely Auto and GOVY highlighting eVTOL and related aerospace vehicle technologies. Interactive zones will offer virtual eVTOL test drives and test flights, immersing car enthusiasts in the future of mobility.

In September, the World Football Summit (WFS) will have its first-ever edition in Hong Kong. With over 10,000 expected attendees and more than 100 exhibitors, this landmark edition will gather the most influential stakeholders and decision-makers across the global football ecosystem. From club presidents and CEOs of leading sports brands to players, coaches, and tech executives, WFS Hong Kong offers a unique platform for high-impact networking, strategic visibility, and business development.

Diverse Public Exhibitions Draw GBA Visitors and Delight Families

AWE’s diverse public exhibitions are a major draw for local and Greater Bay Area visitors, especially those arriving via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link. Spanning culture, shopping, and education, these events provide perfect outings for families and friends while promoting both economic growth and cultural exchange. The annual Hong Kong Brands & Products Shopping Festival combines shopping, food, and entertainment, encouraging local spending. Building on the great success of past editions, this four-day event is expected to attract over 60,000 visitors and to generate some HK$60 million in sales revenue, making it a hallmark of economic and social success. The Art China Hong Kong will China’s intangible cultural heritage and its rich traditional cultural elements. The (GBA) Hong Kong Through-Train Schools Expo will provide comprehensive education information and resources, tailored for local, mainland, and overseas parents.

In addition to the exciting events already announced, more highly anticipated experiences are coming soon. Stay updated by visiting the AsiaWorld-Expo website: www.asiaworld-expo.com. From music extravaganzas to sports competitions, cultural heritage to family-friendly fun, AWE’s summer lineup caters to diverse interests, reinforcing Hong Kong’s status as a hub for culture, entertainment, and commerce while offering fresh experiences for local and Greater Bay Area visitors.

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The brand reaffirms its commitment to enhancing the local user experience with improved serviced on its platform

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Taobao Malaysia today announced the return of its 618 Mid-Year Sale this year, alongside the launch of its brand-new Bahasa Malaysia interface. Starting from now, Malaysians can also shop in Bahasa Melayu, English, or Chinese, making the popular e-commerce platform more accessible and user-friendly. This milestone marks a significant step in Taobao’s commitment to enhancing the local online shopping experience.

The app has also introduced several key updates aimed at enhancing the user experience. These include the Image Search feature, which allows users to snap or upload a photo to find similar items using AI-powered recognition; Coins Cashback, a daily check-in mission and purchase incentive at selected sellers offering free shipping, where users can earn coin rewards and enjoy cashback on their purchases; and an Exclusive New User Perk, as low as RMB 1 (equivalent to RM0.62), featuring attractive deals for first-time Taobao shoppers. Alongside the addition of a Bahasa Malaysia interface, these updates reflect the brand’s commitment to providing localised shopping services by reducing language barriers and creating a more enjoyable and rewarding shopping experience.

Jess Lew, Country Head of Taobao Malaysia, said, “We’re excited to kick off this year’s 618 Mid-Year Sale with greater momentum and purpose. At Taobao, we reaffirm our commitment to connecting all Malaysians through a platform that is not only more localised but also more secure and service-driven. From the introduction of our tri-lingual interface and enhanced logistics support to robust safety measures and irresistible promotional deals, every upgrade is designed to offer Malaysians a smoother, safer, and more rewarding online shopping experience.”

The brand has also observed countless inspiring stories of Malaysians turning their entrepreneurial dreams into reality by sourcing from Taobao. In 2020 and 2022, Taobao collaborated with local state governments and training institutions to launch the LiveNOW livestream KOL training programme, aimed at nurturing and incubating key opinion leaders in livestreaming, while empowering low-income groups to discover new opportunities in the digital era. The programme successfully trained over 500 new-generation local livestreamers and digital entrepreneurs.

“At Taobao, we remain deeply committed to supporting our local community, with a strong emphasis on strengthening Malaysia’s e-commerce ecosystem. At the same time, we are dedicated to making our customers’ online shopping experience on Taobao more efficient and enjoyable by continuously enhancing platform capabilities and localised services, particularly through a wider selection of fashion and home furniture categories with more affordable price and air shipping as fast as five working days, which ultimately uplifts their quality of life,” added Jess.

Celebrating This Historic Milestone With Unmissable Promotions

To mark this exciting milestone, Taobao Malaysia is turning up the celebration with its grand 618 Mid-Year Sale yet, running from 28 May 20:00 to 20 June 23:29 2025. Shoppers across Malaysia can now enjoy a more seamless and localised experience, with language options for everyone and unlimited shopping joy.

A wide array of exclusive deals and rewards await*, limited time only:

• Free sea shipping on orders over ¥199 (equivalent to RM116) with Coins Cashback
• Spend & Win Air Tickets to Seoul in partnership with RHB Bank
• Up to RM68 off on instant payment discount
• Enjoy discounts of up to 50% off promo codes
• Daily flash sales and wide range of products discounts up to 15%

Taobao 618 Mid-Year Sale presents a timely opportunity for all Malaysian shoppers to save while acquiring items that enhance their daily lives.

The Taobao app is available to download for FREE on both the Apple App Store and Google Play. For more details on Taobao Malaysia’s Raya promotion, please stay tuned for updates on the Taobao Malaysia Facebook, Instagram and TikTok social media channels or visit the Taobao app.

* Terms and conditions apply, please visit Taobao app for details.

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About Taobao Malaysia

Taobao Malaysia aims to facilitate convenient shopping on Taobao and Tmall for consumers in Malaysia. Through the Taobao app, Malaysian shoppers can access billions of products, complete with logistics, payment and other services and offers tailored to their individual market needs. Taobao Malaysia is part of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group.

SPOKANE, Wash., May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant move to enhance its creative offerings, TWOPAGES Curtains, a provider of high-quality, stylish custom window treatments, has partnered with industry expert Amy Switzer, known for her extensive experience in home textiles and luxury design. This collaboration marks the launch of an exclusive collection merging eclectic styles with timeless luxury. Simultaneously, TWOPAGES officially opens submissions for its inaugural TWOPAGES X Design Contest 2025, a global competition aimed at discovering the next wave of visionary textile design.

A Design Voice Rooted in Heritage and Modernity

Amy Switzer’s career reflects a remarkable journey from textile design to interior aesthetics. Her time in New York City and her entrepreneurial venture in manufacturing have endowed her with a distinctive viewpoint on design, one that harmonizes artistry with functionality. The new collection features the slogan “Where eclectic soul meets timeless luxury,” drawing inspiration from Switzer’s rich textile background combined with high-end design sensibilities. Key elements include jewel-toned velvets, modern neutral palettes, and artistic textures that express both classic elegance and bold innovation while maintaining sustainability.

“This collection blends the old-world charm with modern flair,” said Amy Switzer, encapsulating the spirit of this unique collaboration.

The Amy Switzer x TWOPAGES collaboration is the third release under TWOPAGES’s Ambassador Program, a platform for co-creating product lines with respected voices in the design community. Previous collections include the Sara Le x TWOPAGES series, which championed approachable luxury with a focus on crisp, minimalist design for the modern home; and the Stefana Silber x TWOPAGES series, which draws inspiration from nature to highlight gentle textures paired with everyday elegance.

The success of these collaborations underscores a win-win mechanism driven by content creation alongside product co-development, reflecting a shared foundation: authentic design perspectives brought to life through TWOPAGES’s industry-leading manufacturing and large-scale deployment capabilities. Each collection responds to the rising consumer demand for realness, customization, and premium quality.

Launching a Global Platform for Creative Talent

As part of its 10^th-anniversary celebration, TWOPAGES is taking its commitment to co-creation one step further with the launch of the TWOPAGES X Design Contest 2025. The competition invites creative minds from around the world to submit original curtain pattern designs with strong aesthetic vision and commercial viability.

The contest is designed as an open-entry platform allowing free participation worldwide while ensuring authors retain their copyright. Judging criteria will focus on innovation, market viability, and production feasibility across three phases: preliminary rounds (July 1-7), semifinals (July 8-20), September finals with an awards ceremony.

The total prize exceeds $51,000, with a grand prize of $10,000 in cash for first place. Finalists will receive exposure across TWOPAGES’s global platforms, including website features, social media promotion, email campaigns, and press channels. The top six designs, along with the Public Favorite Award winner, will be brought to market by TWOPAGES, turning creative concepts into commercially available products with financial returns for designers.

To learn more or enter the contest, visit: TWOPAGES X Design Contest

“TWOPAGES X is more than a design competition, it’s a global collaboration platform,” said Ray Chen, founder and CEO of TWOPAGES. With its roots in quality, co-creation, and innovation, TWOPAGES continues to redefine how design integrates with home spaces. This philosophy drives the company to build a creative ecosystem where talent and market come together. Whether through curated partnerships or open calls, its goal is to spotlight and scale authentic design voices that connect with today’s consumers.

About TWOPAGES Curtains

Founded in 2015 with a mission to revolutionize the window treatment industry, TWOPAGES Curtains has become a leader in providing high-quality, customizable solutions that simplify the shopping experience. With a focus on transparency, innovation, and customer satisfaction, TWOPAGES continues to set the standard for excellence in the industry. Its production facility spans over 100,000 square meters and supports in-house development and traceability. To date, more than 600,000 households have embraced TWOPAGES’ menu-based customization.

Integration aligns self-driving delivery vehicles with next-generation autonomous EV charging management, accelerating the rollout of autonomous logistics across North America.

RICHARDSON, Texas, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Whale Dynamic, a leader in Level-4 autonomous delivery vehicles, and Noodoe, global EV charging and energy management software pioneer, today announced their partnership to create the industry’s first end-to-end ecosystem that unites self-driving delivery vans with AI-powered charging management for a truly integrated, autonomous delivery solution.

Under the partnership, Whale Dynamic’s fully electric, driverless delivery vehicles will connect directly to Noodoe EV OS, enabling each vehicle to locate, schedule, pay for, and complete charging sessions autonomously. The companies will jointly pursue pilot deployments, validating an integrated solution that delivers 24/7 zero-emission deliveries with minimal human intervention.

The companies are closing the loop between motion and power by linking Whale Dynamic’s WDII driver-free last-mile delivery vehicles directly to the AI-driven Noodoe EV OS that autonomously manages charging infrastructure and activities while integrating its holistic single-pane-of-glass fleet management system. “Fully autonomous vehicles demand fully autonomous energy infrastructure,” says Jennifer Chang, CEO of Noodoe. “When our AI analytics can tell a robot van exactly where, when, and how to charge, fleet operators finally get a seamless, zero-emission solution that stays profitable and hands-off.”

“Reliability and efficiency are the heartbeat of autonomous delivery,” adds David Chang, Founder and CEO of Whale Dynamic. “Integrating with Noodoe means our vehicles can schedule and manage their own charging and charging schedules, so they leave the depot mission-ready around the clock, exactly what retailers and logistics operators need to scale driver-free delivery in the real world.”

This partnership lays the groundwork for a new class of autonomous logistics in which vehicles, energy infrastructure, and cloud intelligence will work as a single system. Together, Whale Dynamic and Noodoe will bring autonomous, zero-emission delivery services to market faster and more profitably than ever before.

About Whale Dynamic:

Whale Dynamic is a leading L4 full-stack autonomous driving company focused on advancing the future of smart mobility and logistics. With deep expertise across perception, planning, control, and system integration, Whale Dynamic delivers fully driverless solutions that operate reliably in geo-fenced environments without human intervention. Its AI-powered platforms combine hardware and software in a unified system, enabling safe, efficient, and scalable deployment across various use cases—from last-mile delivery to campus and logistics scenarios. Whale Dynamic is accelerating the adoption of L4 autonomy, one mission-ready mile at a time.

www.whaledynamic.com

About Noodoe:

Noodoe is at the forefront of the EV revolution. Dedicated to facilitating the global transition towards sustainable, autonomous transportation through technical leadership and AI-powered software solutions, Noodoe creates the custom-built EV Operating System (EV OS) that empowers businesses worldwide to seamlessly enter or expand in local EV charging markets. Noodoe EV OS offers comprehensive solutions to many of the industry’s stickiest problems, automating and streamlining EV charging operations with cutting-edge reliability and the leading user experience. Committed to continuous innovation, Noodoe sets the bar for intelligent management systems in the EV charging industry.
www.noodoe.com

DUBAI, UAE, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume released the latest institution report in collaboration with Blocks Scholes, in which the quarterly report offers a longer view of ETH’s performance and potential impact on altcoins.

Analysts revisited historical patterns of ETH’s trajectory and BTC’s time-tested dominance, comparing how the cycles moved altcoin markets. With the focal point on ETH, the report assessed the catalysts of its recent surge since May 7, 2025.

Key Insights:

The Verdict on Altcoin Season hasn’t been reached despite ETH’s outperformance, for the simple reason that the ETH hype had not quite reached historical level in terms of market cap dominance for the trickle down effect to happen. Sitting at just over half of its 2021 high, ETH only occupied 9% of the market. The report noted that three out of the top 10 L-1 blockchains — HYPE, SUI, and SOL — outperformed ETH by market cap at one point or another since Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ on April 2.

The Pectra Upgrade appeared to have provided a boost to ETH’s price performance. But a closer look at options data “complicates the narrative”: the rise in implied volatility for ETH options suggested macro factors were the true drivers of sentiment shifts. In fact, the ETH rally on May 8 mirrored broader circumstances upon the announcement of the US-UK trade deal, propelling equities and BTC to climb simultaneously. The observation is consistent with later developments of market recovery amid easing tariff tensions.

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About Bybit

Bybit is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, serving a global community of over 70 million users. Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone. With a strong focus on Web3, Bybit partners strategically with leading blockchain protocols to provide robust infrastructure and drive on-chain innovation. Renowned for its secure custody, diverse marketplaces, intuitive user experience, and advanced blockchain tools, Bybit bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi, empowering builders, creators, and enthusiasts to unlock the full potential of Web3. Discover the future of decentralized finance at Bybit.com.

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WASHINGTON, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Clarifai, a global leader in AI and pioneer of the full-stack AI platform, announced it has won the prestigious 2025 AI TechAward in the AI Development Framework category for its Compute Orchestration offering. This annual award program celebrates outstanding design, engineering, and innovation in developer technology across 20 categories.

Clarifai’s Compute Orchestration was selected by the independent, expert-led DevNetwork Advisory Board based on criteria including technical innovation, attracting notable industry attention and awareness, and general regard and use by the developer, engineering, and IT communities. The award highlights Clarifai’s leading role in the growth and innovation across the software industry.

“Developer tools & technology are leading the way for software developers and engineers to build the global technology ecosystem. Clarifai’s win showcases their leading role in the growth and innovation across the software industry,” said Jonathan Pasky, Executive Producer of DevNetwork, producer of AI DevSummit, and the 2025 AI TechAwards.

Clarifai’s Compute Orchestration enables organizations to deploy any AI model on any compute, at any scale. The platform supports closed, open-source, and custom models across various environments, including cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and SaaS. Notably, Clarifai is the only platform designed to run all AI operations fully on-premises, offering complete control and security. It is truly vendor agnostic, supporting deployment on any hardware vendor like NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, and any cloud environment.

“Winning the 2025 AI TechAward for Compute Orchestration is a significant validation of our platform’s ability to solve critical challenges in AI deployment at scale,” said Matt Zeiler, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Clarifai. “Our Compute Orchestration is built to provide enterprises with the flexibility, control, and cost efficiency needed to operationalize AI quickly and securely, regardless of their infrastructure.”

Optimizing compute resources is a core capability of Clarifai’s platform, with features such as GPU fractioning, batching, and dynamic autoscaling ensuring optimal resource utilization. These capabilities help organizations reduce compute costs by up to 90%, and demonstrate efficiency like a 3.7x reduction in compute usage from model packing. The platform also delivers high performance and reliability, supporting over 1.6 million requests per second.

With over a decade of experience scaling massive AI workloads and pioneering compute innovations, Clarifai empowers enterprise and government teams to achieve their AI goals.

Clarifai will be formally presented with its 2025 AI TechAward during AI DevSummit 2025, which will take place in San Francisco, CA, on May 28-29 and Live Online on June 4-5.

To learn more about Clarifai’s Compute Orchestration, visit www.clarifai.com/products/compute-orchestration

About Clarifai
Clarifai is a global leader in AI and the pioneer of the full-stack AI lifecycle and orchestration platform that helps organizations create and control AI workloads on any environment with a unified platform. With over a decade of experience supporting millions of custom models and billions of operations for the largest enterprises and governments, Clarifai pioneered compute innovations like custom scheduling, batching, GPU fractioning, and autoscaling. Clarifai empowers users to efficiently run any model, anywhere, at any scale. Learn more at www.clarifai.com.

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Linking ocean health to prosperity, this new framework sets guidance to align financial flows and business practices with the transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy worth $US 5.5 trillion by 2050

NEW YORK, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The United Nations Global Compact and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) unveiled the Ocean Investment Protocol, a comprehensive guide designed to mobilize and scale finance for a healthy and resilient ocean that supports a strong and innovative Sustainable Ocean Economy. Building on the UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles and UNEP FI’s Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles, the Protocol provides financial institutions, insurers and re-insurers, ocean industries, governments and development finance institutions with a clear pathway to collectively lead the growth of the Sustainable Ocean Economy to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG14 (“Life Below Water”).     

A thriving ocean is essential for biodiversity, food security, climate resilience, and global livelihoods. The Sustainable Ocean Economy links ocean health with prosperity, making targeted finance more urgent than ever. It is central to achieving the targets of the SDGs, the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. With ocean health inseparable from global prosperity, mounting pressures—rising ocean temperatures, overfishing, pollution, biodiversity loss, weak governance, and inequitable access to marine resources—highlight the urgency of dedicated investments and policies that safeguard marine ecosystems and drive equitable economic opportunities.

The ocean economy is already equivalent in size to the world’s fifth-largest economy as global markets are reliant on the ocean and its industries to support 90 per cent of global trade volume. Developing a regenerative and sustainable ocean economy is becoming increasingly central to global transitions in trade, infrastructure, energy, climate resilience, food security and regenerative tourism. The Ocean Investment Protocol responds to the critical need for swift, holistic efforts to preserve ocean ecosystems and foster growth in sustainable ocean-based sectors. It outlines actionable steps to align investments with nature- and climate-positive outcomes, fostering innovation across key ocean sectors.

By 2050, the market value of a refocused, sustainable and fairly shared ocean economy is projected to reach USD$5.5 trillion.

Sanda Ojiambo, CEO & Executive Director, UN Global Compact, emphasized the Protocol’s focus on uniting diverse stakeholders: “The Ocean Investment Protocol underscores the transformative role that businesses, governments and development finance institutions can play in protecting our oceans for future generations. It provides a blueprint for accelerating responsible investments and ensuring that all sectors of the economy contribute to a healthy and productive ocean.”

“The ocean is at a tipping point—and the decisions we make now will determine the future of life below water and far beyond. The Ocean Investment Protocol equips financial actors with practical guidance to unlock the capital needed for a sustainable and inclusive ocean economy projected to reach $5.5 trillion by 2050. But finance alone is not enough. Policymakers must send clear signals and create enabling environments that make sustainable ocean investment the smart, secure, and strategic choice. This Protocol calls on public and private leaders alike to align capital with ocean health—because a thriving blue planet is a foundation for prosperity, resilience, and global progress,” said Eric Usher, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative.

Key Elements of the Ocean Investment Protocol to guide financial institutions, insurers and re-insurers, ocean industries, Governments and development finance institutions to manage risks and understand opportunities to increase energy security, food security and transport security, while advancing sustainable solutions, include:

• Holistic Guidance for banks, investors, insurers, governments and development finance institutions, enabling them to manage environmental risks while pursuing growth opportunities in sectors such as offshore renewables, sustainable seafood and climate-resilient infrastructure.
• Data and Disclosure recommendations, promoting greater transparency on nature-related risks and impacts and aligning with global reporting frameworks, including Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and science-based targets.
• Sector-Specific Roadmaps outlining responsible financing and operational practices in shipping, tourism, fisheries, renewable energy and other key ocean industries.
• Policy and Regulation Support to foster investment-ready environments, highlight the importance of marine spatial planning and encourage incentives for sustainable practices.
• Catalytic Role of Development Finance in advancing pipeline development for the Sustainable Ocean Economy, especially in emerging markets and coastal communities most vulnerable to climate change.

The release of the Ocean Investment Protocol comes at a pivotal moment, with global momentum building around a nature-positive agenda, the high-stakes race to curb carbon emissions, and accelerating action to tackle plastic and chemical pollution.

Ocean-related investment needs and opportunities are growing amid momentum for a Global Plastics Treaty and a High Seas Treaty as well as implementing the SDGs, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement. The Protocol is intended to galvanize multi-stakeholder collaboration and resource mobilization in the run-up to major ocean, climate and biodiversity milestones.

By setting a clear vision and practical recommendations, the Protocol aims to empower all stakeholders—public and private—to scale up and accelerate actions that protect marine ecosystems, support sustainable livelihoods and drive inclusive economic development.

Notes to Editors     

About the UN Global Compact
The ambition of the UN Global Compact is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the SDGs through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change. With more than 20,000 participating companies, 5 Regional Hubs, 63 Country Networks covering 80 countries and 13 Country Managers establishing Networks in 18 other countries, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative — one Global Compact uniting business for a better world.

About UNEP FI
UNEP FI brings together a global network of banks, insurers, and investors to catalyze the transition to more sustainable economies. The initiative has been connecting the UN with financial institutions worldwide to help shape the sustainable finance agenda for more than 30 years. We host the world’s leading sustainability frameworks for banking and insurance to help the financial sector address sustainability risks, opportunities and impacts.

UNEP FI provides practical guidance and tools to more than 500 banks and insurers that are individually implementing Principles for Responsible Banking and Principles for Sustainable Insurance on a voluntary basis. Financial institutions work with UNEP FI to advance responsible banking and sustainable insurance to support clients and customers position their businesses for the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy.

Founded in 1992, UNEP FI was the first initiative to engage the finance sector on sustainability. Today, the secretariat cultivates leadership and advances sustainable market practice through global programmes supported at a regional level across Africa & the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean and North America.