Sunday 21st June 2026
EnabledFuture (HQ London UK) does not support deep-sea mining of virgin metals or minerals.
We believe that the protection of marine ecosystems and biodiversity must take precedence over the extraction of new resources from fragile and poorly understood environments.
Damage to living species and ecosystems cannot be accepted as collateral damage in the pursuit of commercial objectives.
Our work on metals, minerals and industrial technologies is guided by the principles of the waste hierarchy / 9R framework, the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) and insights gained through research we carry out in our Hexazity®️ Tech Lab.
We prioritise solutions that minimise overall resource consumption, extend product lifetimes, support closed-loop material systems and reduce dependence on virgin raw materials.
Much of our research focuses on technologies that deliver significant reductions in metal demand while maintaining or improving performance, efficiency and reliability.
Where non-metal alternatives demonstrate a superior lifecycle environmental footprint, we include and evaluate those options objectively within our studies.
Increasingly, combinations of metal and non-metal systems are proving to be practical pathways towards reducing demand for newly mined materials while delivering effective technical performance.
EnabledFuture is critical of business models that assume endless growth in material consumption or that pursue market dominance through the rapid scaling of production capacity to multi-million-tonne levels without fully considering resource constraints and environmental impacts.
We are especially concerned that those strategies are leading to supply deficits in critical industrial metals and subsequently presenting deep-sea mining as a necessary commercial response.
The transition to a sustainable future must not become a race to extract more resources from increasingly vulnerable ecosystems.
Innovation should focus on resource efficiency, circularity, durability and responsible consumption rather than the continual expansion of material throughput.
EnabledFuture supports a future in which technological progress, industrial efficiency and environmental stewardship advance together.
EnabledFuture stands for A Sustainable Future Without Compromise.
