Marine Strategic Projects Supported
Greenpeace investigates, exposes, and confronts environmental abuses by governments and corporations around the world. They conduct scientific research and investigations out at sea, and work with industry and frontline and coastal communities to change global marine policy, and secure lasting ocean protection.
The Waterloo Foundation has supported many different Greenpeace campaigns, including improving fisheries policy in the European Union, reforming the global tuna fishing industry, and pushing for the creation and implementation of a landmark High Seas Treaty.
Global Fishing Watch is dedicated to advancing ocean governance by increasing transparency of human activity at sea. By creating and publicly sharing map visualizations, data and analysis tools, they are enabling scientific research and transforming the way our ocean is managed. Through pioneering satellite-based monitoring and open-access tools, they make information on global fishing activity freely available, empowering governments, researchers and civil society to improve management, enhance accountability, and combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
Since 2018, The Waterloo Foundation has supported Global Fishing Watch in expanding its ability to track a broader range of vessels, foster government commitments to transparency, and promote the adoption of tools that advance ocean stewardship worldwide.
Open Seas Trust is an environmental organisation that works to protect the marine environment and marine life, with a focus on Scotland.
The Waterloo Foundation has supported Open Seas Trust for several years, including supporting their advocacy with the Scottish Government to create an inshore exclusion zones to allow low-impact fishers to have preferential access to Scottish seas and improve the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas, and their campaign for retailers to improve their sourcing practices. The Foundation also supported Open Seas Trust’s Judicial Review challenge for the Scottish Government’s licensing decisions, which has fundamentally changed the way fishing licensing decisions are being made.
For more information about organisations supported by The Waterloo Foundation, please see our annual reports.