Blue Bond Accelerator
Building a high-quality blue bond market
The global knowledge hub and technical advisor for credible blue bond issuance, delivering positive impact for the ocean and water.
What We Do
The Blue Bond Accelerator serves as a market builder, technical advisor, and convener to catalyse capital flows into regenerative and sustainable blue economies.
Market Building
We promote the recognition and adoption of blue bonds as an effective tool for mobilising capital towards sustainable blue initiatives.
Technical & Financial Advisory
We support the development of high-quality, well-structured blue bonds that have strong investor appeal and meet impact criteria.
Partnerships
We connect issuers, investors, policymakers, and NGOs to elevate leaders, amplify expertise and streamline the market.
What we've built so far
Our own track record, not sector projections. Through the Commonwealth Blue Bond Readiness Programme, the BBA has convened:
95+ participants in our readiness programme.
23 countries across the Global South.
13 of them Small Island Developing States.
The technical guidance behind the Commonwealth Blue Bond Toolkit, turning global standards into country-specific, actionable steps for sovereign issuers.
A State of the Market report and a blue bond database, both arriving November 2026.
“Bonds are one of the most promising instruments for financing the sustainable blue economy. The Blue Bond Accelerator is a vital initiative to unlock investment in ocean health and coastal resilience at the scale and speed the planet urgently needs.”
Jessica Smith
Head of Nature, UNEP Finance Initiative
Opportunities in Ocean Finance
6x more sustainable food by 2050.
Billions of people made more climate resilient.
40x more renewable energy by 2050.
12M+ more jobs by 2030.
$15.5T in benefits from sustainable ocean investments by 2050.
35% of GHG emissions reductions needed to keep within 1.5°C.
Nature . IEA . OECD . Ocean Panel
The blue bond market in one email
Once a month, the new issuances, the pricing signals, and the standards decisions moving the blue bond market, with analysis you won't find on a terminal. Written for investors, issuers, and the funders building this market.