FINANCING SUSTAINABLE MARINE AND FRESHWATER INFRASTRUCTURE

About CEDA

Central Dredging Association (CEDA) is an established authority and the leading independent forum for the professional dredging community, and associated industries, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. It represents dredging professionals and organisations, from government, academia and business, in the region, and fosters and promotes the understanding and advancement of dredging to the wider community. For further information, visit www.dredging.org.

About IADC

IADC stands for ‘International Association of Dredging Companies’ and is the global umbrella organisation for contractors in the private dredging industry. As such the IADC is dedicated to not only promoting the skills, integrity and reliability of its members, but also the dredging industry in general. IADC has over a hundred main and associated members. Together they represent the forefront of the dredging industry. For more information, visit www.iadc-dredging.com.

About Vital Ports

Vital Ports helps port authorities to create healthy systems. Through smart governance arrangements, the rules are changed from ‘sustainability as a cost’ to ‘sustainability as a source of revenue’. In this way, Vital Ports enables the uptake of sustainable solutions to the mutual benefit of the port authority, its investors and the local community. For more information: www.vitalports.org

About Swiss Re

The Swiss Re Group is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. The aim of Swiss Re is to enable society to thrive and progress, creating new opportunities and solutions for its clients. Swiss Re insures, invests, operates and shares its knowledge, in a way that tackles sustainability challenges and creates long-term value. For more information: www.swissre.com

About B Capital Partners

B Capital Partners is an independent investment house established in 2003 in Zurich. B Capital Partners invests exclusively in sustainable infrastructure with a clear focus on the wider energy transition. It has deployed and advised on over EUR 2.6 billion worth of transactions since 2015, with and for institutional investors and large family offices, often in close co-operation with developers. More information: www.b-capitalpartners.com