The World Ocean Council is an international, cross-sectoral business alliance that brings together ocean industries to address ocean sustainability through leadership and collaboration. Its goal is a healthy, productive global ocean achieved through responsible use by ocean businesses. The Council works to create business value for responsible operators by facilitating access, synergies in addressing issues, and stability in ocean operations. It also initiates best practices, coordinates engagement in marine planning, and improves ocean science through industry involvement.

1. Best Practices and
Opportunities for Collaboration:
Ocean Business Community Leadership
Paul Holthus
Executive Director
World Ocean Council
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paul.holthus@oceancouncil.org
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2. World Ocean Council
International, Cross-Sectoral Business Alliance
• Bringing
B i i ocean i d t i t
industries together, e.g. shipping, oil/gas,
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fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, offshore renewables, etc.
• Catalyzing leadership and collaboration in addressing
ocean sustainability - “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”
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global ocean and its
sustainable use, development and stewardship by a
responsible ocean business community
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C i business value for responsible operators
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• Access and social license for responsible ocean use
• Synergies and economies of scale in addressing issues
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• Stability and predictability in ocean operations
Leadership companies are joining as Founding Members

3. Industry Ocean Use
• Oil and gas
• Fisheries
• Aquaculture
• Shipping
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Ports
• Tourism
• Mining / Dredging
• Submarine cables
• Wind/wave/tidal energy
• Carbon sequestration
• New, emerging uses…

4. The Ocean Business Community
Tier 1: Direct Ocean Users
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extraction or production of goods (living, non-living,
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tourism, etc.)
Tier 2: Ocean User Support Industries
• Industries that depend on direct users for their
existence (e.g. shipbuilders) or drive the need for
ocean industry (e.g. extractors, manufacturers,
retailers th t transport materials or products by sea)
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Tier 3: Ocean Use “Infrastructure” Providers
• Financial, insurance, legal and other services that
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enable ocean industries to operate

5. Global Ocean View: Ocean Use
Submarine Cables
Offshore
Wind
Cobalt
Crusts Deepwater
Oil
Shipping Routes
Fisheries

6. Global Ocean View: Marine Ecosystem Impacts

7. World Ocean Council: Initiatives
• Catalyze improvements to environmental performance
through developing and sharing best practices
• Organize constructive, coordinated ocean business
engagement in marine spatial planning, MPAs, etc.
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• Improve ocean science through industry involvement in
ocean observations, data sharing
• Catalyze collaboration on science-based solutions to
shared issues, e.g. ocean noise, invasive species
• Engage industry in key policy processes that are not
sector specific, e.g. Biodiversity Convention
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Develop cross-sectoral leadership in key regions, e.g.
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Arctic, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean

8. World Ocean Council: Members
Exxon Mobil Transocean
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Rio Tinto
Lloyds Register Athens Group
North America Marine Environment Batelle Memorial Institute
Protection Ass’n (NAMEPA) Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Int’l Chamber f Shi i
I t’l Ch b of Shipping (ICS) Global T t C tifi ti
Gl b l Trust Certification
Cruise Line International Ass’n (CLIA) Golder Associates
TORM USA Nautilus Minerals, Inc.
Heidmar, Inc
Heidmar Inc. Ocean Education Technology and
Education,
Almi Tankers S.A. Sciences Partnership (OETSP)
RightShip PanGeo Subsea
EPJ Consulting Professional Marine Explorers
Blank Rome Society
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP Sea Research Foundation, Inc
Center for Energy Marine
gy Sinclair Knight Merz
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Transportation & Public Policy - Sustainable Oceans International
Columbia University Twin Dolphins