The Ocean Framework: the world’s first tool based on SDG14 Targets and dedicated to companies. This holistic Framework enables all companies to identify and measure their impacts on the Ocean and set improvement actions.

More than 70 international sources from various actors such as State structures, NGOs, universities, companies, auditors and investors were studied to build the Ocean Framework. Sources included reports, publications, index (GRI, ISO), datasets, studies from external actors and indicators already used by companies. They provided 182 top performing companies to analyse. These sources allowed Fondation de la Mer to map the various impacts on the Ocean and select the operational indicators. Based on these analyses, the Framework identifies all interactions between companies and the Ocean on three axes: 1) discharges into the Ocean, 2) sampling in the Ocean, and 3) business management and SDG14. For each type of impact, addressable categories are identified with levers for improvement and key indicators to measure progress. Three guiding principles were followed to select the indicators: 1) Robustness, 2) Ease of measurement and 3) Broad applicability. Companies are thus provided with a dashboard of 44 indicators they can use for their reporting on SDG14. Each and every target of the SDG14 is addressed by at least one indicator, and each and every indicator addresses one or several SDG 14 targets. The Framework was built in a collaborative manner associating : a large panel of companies from various sizes and activities, renowned experts from scientific, non-profit, professional, academic and institutional worlds. The Framework was successfully tested by 9 companies: Suez, Michelin, Engie, Club Med, Naval Group, Hopscotch, Pierre & Vacances, Nausicaá and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. The test confirmed the Framework’s easy usability and exhaustiveness of the impacts identified. It proved to be an efficient way of identifying concrete actions to undertake.