Wales aims to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035

Climate Change Minister Julie James has published a consultation on ‘ambitious but credible’ targets for Wales to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035. Wales is already making good progress on previous targets set in 2017 and, already, generates 55% of their electricity from renewables. The Minister proposed Wales sets a target for at least 1.5 GigaWatt of renewable energy capacity to be locally owned by 2035, excluding heat pumps. There is also a target for 5.5 GigaWatt of renewable energy capacity to be produced by…

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The Dirty Vegan challenges Wales to recycle more food waste to power more homes

Celebrity chef, author and ultra-athlete Matt Pritchard (The Dirty Vegan) is backing a call by the Be Mighty campaign for people in Wales to recycle more of their food waste in an effort to combat climate change and reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels for energy. Food waste in Wales can be converted into energy through specialist facilities across the country, and in 2021-22 more than 10,000 Welsh homes were powered by food waste recycling. But data shows that last year approximately a quarter of all general rubbish contained…

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Triodos Bank’s lending for impact in Wales reaches £44m

Triodos Bank UK’s lending to values-focused organisations and businesses in Wales reached £44m last year. The news comes as the sustainable bank, which only lends to projects working to benefit social, cultural or environmental causes, has employed a dedicated relationship manager based in, and covering, Wales. During 2020, the bank’s loan book included a wide range of Welsh organisations, ranging from community energy projects to housing co-operatives, and organic farming to spiritual retreats. Triodos’s lending to projects in Wales saw a 45% growth between 2017 and 2020. Organisations supported in…

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Charity Commission aims to release £25 million for charities in Wales

The Charity Commission has announced the launch of the Revitalising Trusts Programme in Wales. The programme is run in partnership with Community Foundation Wales, with funding from the Welsh Government. The Commission plans to contact over 200 charities in Wales to release a target of £25 million that is currently lying idle in dormant accounts. The programme works by identifying charities in Wales that are either inactive (meaning they have had no income or expenditure over the last 5 years) or ineffective (having spent less than 30% of their total…

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CIPR PRide Awards celebrate Wales’ thriving Public Relations industry

More than 220 PR professionals gathered at The Exchange Hotel in Cardiff last month for the 2019 CIPR Cymru Wales PRide Awards ceremony – the nation’s annual public relations showpiece. BrandContent and Golley Slater were the big winners of the night, taking home three Gold Awards each, with the former scoring a hat-trick for their digital campaign work with Admiral. Golley Slater took home the Gold Awards in both the Healthcare Campaign and Integrated Campaign categories for their #TalkAboutOrganDonation campaign which successfully educated people and stimulated conversation on the topic…

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