Better Health for All

MIND Technology, Inc. provides equipment and services for marine seismic surveys. These surveys cause severe, widespread health damage to marine life, including hearing impairment, physiological stress, behavioral changes, reduced foraging, decreased egg viability, and mortality in various marine mammal and fish species.

Specific examples include whale strandings and dolphin injuries linked to seismic surveys. Given that the company's principal goods and services facilitate these activities, its core business has a severe negative health impact. Consequently, 90-100% of its revenue is derived from activities with scientifically established serious health harms to marine life, with no evidence of mitigation or alternatives offered by the company. Furthermore, seismic airgun surveys generate significant negative health externalities, causing widespread noise pollution that impacts marine ecosystems over areas exceeding 300,000 km2, raising background noise levels 100-fold (20 dB) for weeks or months. This noise pollution is the second highest contributor of human-caused underwater noise annually, after nuclear explosions.

Kind to Animals

MIND Technology, Inc. operates in the marine technology sector, providing equipment and services for seismic surveys.

The provided articles discuss the general impact of seismic surveys on marine life and the regulatory environment surrounding these activities. However, there is no specific evidence regarding MIND.US's direct involvement in animal testing, animal agriculture, or the use of animal-derived ingredients in its products or supply chain. Consequently, no KPIs related to cruelty-free certifications, alternative testing methods, humane certifications, ethical input substitution, supplier audits, cage-free sourcing, animal testing policies or volumes, or innovation investment in animal-free technologies can be scored. Similarly, there is no information about MIND.US's participation in animal-free R&D collaborations or its direct engagement in public policy advocacy for animal welfare. While seismic surveys, which MIND.US's products and services facilitate, are noted to have negative impacts on marine life, the articles do not provide specific data on MIND.US's own conservation initiatives or lack thereof, which is required for the 'wildlife_conservation_impact' KPI.

No War, No Weapons

MIND Technology, Inc. is involved in defense contracts, providing anti-submarine warfare and coastal surveillance systems, as well as maritime security solutions like Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Waterside Security (WSS) using towed arrays.

The company's Spectral Ai Suite is used for data management and automatic target recognition, which could be considered a dual-use technology. However, no quantitative data regarding the percentage of revenue from defense contracts, the scope of R&D investment in dual-use technologies, or any specific policies, safeguards, or transparency measures related to these activities were provided in the articles to allow for scoring against the rubric's KPIs.

Planet-Friendly Business

MIND Technology, Inc. has achieved ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems accreditation for its Singapore production facility.

No environmental compliance violations are mentioned in the provided articles.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

No specific quantitative data or concrete information related to MIND.US's respect for cultures and communities was found in the provided article.

The article explicitly states it is a placeholder and contains no relevant data for assessment against the defined KPIs.