Our aim at NOC is to build a world where everyone feels empowered and inspired to help our oceans thrive.
This means giving people the opportunity, the ability and the motivation to protect, restore, and harness the value of our ocean.
We’re doing everything in our power to pursue and promote ground-breaking research and innovation.
We believe that if we all have a deeper understanding of the ocean, we can unlock its potential and provide solutions to problems facing the world today.
Because by helping our ocean, all life on Earth will benefit.
Our planet is a blue planet.
Most of its expanse is covered by the ocean.
This vast space is the lifeblood of our world, regulating the environment even more than the Amazon rainforest.
Yet so much of our ocean is yet to be discovered and its value is so often overlooked.
That’s why we go further to gain a deeper understanding of our ocean and coastlines.
Through ground-breaking research, collaboration and game changing innovation we will empower everyone to help them thrive.
Our fate on this planet is bound up in our ocean and there is so much exciting power to harness in its depths.
So here at NOC, we go deeper.
Our Strategic Goals are a balanced series of aims that will help us work together as ‘one NOC’ in driving forwards the whole organisation towards our common vision. Under each of these goals are high-level Strategic Objectives that emphasise integration and innovation.The first four goals relate directly to different aspects of our primary purpose of advancing science;
The remaining three goals enable those above:
The Ocean has the potential to provide the solutions to so many of the social, economic and environmental challenges we're facing around the world.
But to truly harness the value of the Ocean, we must have a better understanding of it.
To do this, we'll put Ocean research, science and discovery at the heart of our culture.
Through wide discussion across all levels of the NOC, we have reached consensus on our shared values. These are guiding not just what we do but how we do it and how we make decisions.
We value excellence as the foundation on which the NOC is built
We value considering different approaches, finding different ways of doing things and seeking creative solutions
We value people and teams as the NOC’s most important assets
We value the ocean, recognising our reliance on it, and consider our environmental impact in everything we do
We value independence and integrity and treat each other with respect and trust
We value the benefits of working together and actively seek to exchange knowledge, skills and resources
