In this episode, we meet with Johanna Schmidt - a sustainability researcher in the Impact & Economics department at Triodos, a mission-driven bank and impact investment manager in the Netherlands.

We learn why banks don’t support Deep-Sea Mining
We learn why Deep-Sea Mining is a business risk
We learn Deep-Sea Mining and it’s environmental risks are minimally researched

Stay updated and involved with The International Union for Conservation of Nature: https://www.iucn.org/

Check out Triodos Bank: https://www.triodos.co.uk/

Article about Environmentalists warning Investors of Deep-Sea Mining Risk read: https://ejfoundation.org/news-media/environmentalists-warn-investors-of-deep-sea-mining-risk

Read A Manifesto For Our Ocean: https://ejfoundation.org/resources/downloads/EJF-Ocean-Manifesto-2023.pdf

Check out the UN High Seas Treaty: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/06/1137857

Another podcast episode to check out:

Promise and Peril at the Bottom of the Sea: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WoAQfN1Q2AKLxrNyodFi5?si=8-mGxfj7Q4KUUoETguYpWA

S1E5 - Deep Sea Mining is Bad Business