Coastal ecosystems are known for their high biodiversity and provide critical ecosystem services, including fish production, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, and recreational benefits. However, widespread degradation caused by anthropogenic pressures has led to significant declines in these ecosystems, necessitating restoration that can be quite costly. With minimal government spend on the environment, how do we drive large-scale investment in ecosystem restoration? In this talk I will cover case studies that valued ecosystem services of kelp forests and coastal wetlands, and cost their large-scale restoration, with the aim of building the business case for investment in their restoration. We also recently produced a guide on describing in detail how restoration practitioners can measure and track ecosystem benefits from on-ground restoration projects using the System for Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA). Overall, this body of work and the newly released guide lays the groundwork for reporting the benefits of restoration, and framework for stacking multiple environmental credits from coastal restoration projects, demonstrating that they are an attractive prospect for investment from government and private industry.