Event PreviewT e Sustainable Ocean Summit 2015November 9-11, 2015, SingaporeBy Paul Holthus, founding CEO of the World Ocean Council “Sustainable development” has gone from buzz word to ocean economy is “out of sight and out of mind” for most, the business imperative in the two decades since the initial Earth people, companies and their activities that make up the ocean Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Companies are increas- economy are the essential starting point and long term basis ingly evaluated on how well they address sustainability as a for any consideration of ocean sustainable development and a critical measure of their commitment to the triple bottom line Blue Economy. – people, planet and pro