Sustainability insights
Explore our events, podcasts and other content with a focus on preserving biodiversity and creating a sustainable blue economy.
To invest effectively over the long term, you need to understand the long-term trends affecting our world.
That’s why our in-house experts brief our clients regularly on the biggest challenges facing our environment and society, and how these could affect their portfolios – with help from external thought-leaders.
Ocean conservation and the sustainable blue economy
Expert View
The 2024 Economist Impact World Ocean Summit
Our CIO for ESG, Markus Müller, addressed some of the world's leading ocean thinkers, investors and advocates at this event in Lisbon designed to drive progress towards a sustainable blue economy.
Impact report
The Deutsche Bank Ocean Resilience Philanthropy Fund Status Update
The Fund aims to make a real and tangible impact in advancing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for ocean and marine ecosystems’ conservation, restoration and adaptation to climate change. Our January 2024 update includes two significant steps supporting our commitment to ocean conservation.
Feature article
Does coral have a future? Why all eyes should be on the Maldives in 2024
Time is running out to save the world’s coral reefs, says Professor Callum Roberts, but new findings suggest we can help them to survive climate change
Feature article
Creating positive energy: how to accelerate green infrastructure
To achieve the Paris Agreement target of net zero by 2050, the world needs to shift to green infrastructure – now. In this feature for LUX magazine, Claire Asher shows how the public and private sectors can speed the move from fossil fuels to green energy.
Feature article
Entrepreneurs on creating businesses for the good of the oceans
A new generation of individuals are setting up companies worldwide to radically overhaul how we interact with our oceans, and help save our planet while building a sustainable blue economy. Chris Stokel-Walker of LUX magazine speaks to entrepreneurs trying to make a positive impact in the ocean space.
Biodiversity and natural capital
CIO Special report
Atmosphere: Shield of the earth
The third in our trilogy of keynote presentations on the Earth's "Life Pillars" explains why climate-related risks and opportunities should be important considerations for investors with regard to long-term portfolio development.
CIO Nature Series
Rainforests: the Earth’s green lung
Rainforests provide invaluable ecosystem services supporting climate management, biodiversity, and rural livelihoods—but they are also fragile. In this publication, we focus on four key concerns: deforestation, climate change, poaching and illegal trade, and mining and oil extraction
Feature article
Giving nature its true value
In the midst of a climate and inequality crisis, is it time to ditch GDP as a measure of economic success? Academics, conservationists and, increasingly, investors are looking to other factors such as natural capital.
CIO Special report
Land – A key Life Pillar
In our latest publication, we take a deep look at the importance of biodiversity, particularly from an investor's perspective.
Feature article
Markus Müller on the nature economy
What if we redesigned our economic model to take into account the cost of using nature? Markus Müller explains how the health of the world's natural capital is something we now have to articulate and factor into all our financial decisions.