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Let our Oceans Breathe: How Investors can Support Ocean Health
30th Oct. 2025
A new research report released by Mindful Money today reveals the five main drivers of ocean degradation and highlights the choices that investors can take in investing in companies that cause harm or those that have a positive impact on ocean health.
Our latest research focuses on the role of private sector investment in ocean health.
Our analysis reveals five main drivers of ocean degradation:
- plastic pollution
- waste dumping and non-point source pollution
- deep sea mining
- overfishing
- greenhouse gas emissions.
Within these drivers, we have identified the global companies that cause the largest and most severe harm to ocean health, as well as the companies that show potential to contribute to the regeneration of marine ecosystems.
This report highlights the choices that investors can take in investing in companies that cause harm or those that have a positive impact.
In New Zealand, we are tracing these investments back to the specific pension and investment funds held by individuals and institutional investors.
We are calling on them to engage and/or divest from the companies causing harm and to contribute to the regeneration of our oceans. Action by shareholders creates incentives for companies to take the health of oceans into account in their operations and investments.
Want to help stop ocean harm and invest in positive impact?
🔍 Check your KiwiSaver, or investment fund for companies below implicated in ocean degradation.
Summary of 36 Companies Contributing to Ocean Damage
Plastic Pollution
The Coca-Cola Company
Nestle
PepsiCo
Mondelez International
Danone
Unilever
Waste Dumping & Pollution
Bayer
Syngenta
ADAMA
BASF
Corteva
Honeywell International
AGC Inc
3M
Overfishing
Mowi
Pescanova
Mitsubishi Corporation
Thai Union Group
Dongwon Industries
Physical Destruction of Marine Habitats
The Metals Company (TMC)
Deep Sea Mining Finance
Trans Tasman Resources
Technip FMC
Ocean Acidification & Warming
Chevron
Saudi Aramco
Gazprom
National Iranian Oil Co
Exxon Mobil
Coal India
JBS
Tyson Foods
Cargill
Dairy Farmers of America
Fonterra
Marfig
Check your KiwiSaver and investment funds, and help us spread the word by sharing the report and the action we can take!
Read our latest report:
Let our Oceans Breathe: How investors can support ocean health
This report highlights the drivers of damage, and the exciting investments that could be made in ocean regeneration.
We need to drastically reduce the build-up of plastics; halt the rising concentrations of pollutants, especially toxic chemicals; end overfishing and intensely destructive practices such as bottom trawling; prevent the growing threat of seabed mining and other damage to the ocean floor; and rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane that is the main cause of acidification.
It calls for investors to let our oceans breathe - to urgently reduce harm and scale up ocean regeneration.
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