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Congratulations to Trivallis on achieving Silver Carbon Literate Organisation status!

Trivallis is excited to announce that they have been officially accredited as a Silver Carbon Literate Organisation. This achievement reflects their ongoing commitment to building a low carbon future and highlights the growing strength of sustainability across our organisation.

This milestone follows the successful accreditation of 170 staff members who are now Carbon Literate. Their learning and commitment have helped create a shared understanding of climate change, giving people the confidence to take practical action as part of their roles. This includes reducing waste, improving asset planning, supporting long term efficiency and shaping services that meet the needs of Trivallis tenants and communities.

A meaningful step in their sustainability journey

Carbon Literacy is supporting Trivallis to embed climate conscious thinking into everyday decisions. It is helping them work in a more informed and consistent way and making sustainability a core part of their culture.

Dave Coleman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Carbon Literacy Project, said:
“By becoming a Silver accredited Carbon Literate Organisation, Trivallis has demonstrated its commitment to genuine low carbon action, environmental and economic impact, and the building of a low carbon future for us all.”

Working in partnership with Cynnal Cymru

“Our progress has been supported by our partnership with Cynnal Cymru, whose expertise in delivering and shaping Carbon Literacy training has supported us in creating a bespoke training programme for Trivallis staff. In this, they have helped our staff gain the knowledge and momentum needed to influence change across Trivallis.”

Jason Shilcock, Head of Training and Advice at Cynnal Cymru, said:

“Working in partnership with Trivallis was both rewarding and fulfilling. Having an organisation that truly recognises the difference it can make to local people and communities and supports its staff to be as knowledgeable as possible to make informed decisions and take meaningful actions, is invaluable. We thank the team at Trivallis and congratulate you heartily on such well-deserved recognition of all your hard work. Llongyfarchiadau mawr!”

Looking ahead and staying Lit-erate with our Carbon Literacy training

Trivallis plan to build on this strong foundation by training a further 30 to 40 colleagues each year, ensuring carbon awareness continues to grow across the organisation and is sustained over the long term. Staff within the organisation have attended the ‘delivering successful Carbon Literacy workshop’ meaning they can deliver the training themselves to our staff.

Vic, Director of Assets and Sustainability, said:

“This Silver Award is a real testament to the commitment of our staff and their drive towards making Trivallis a net zero organisation. It also supports colleagues to make positive changes in their personal lives as well as impacting decisions on how we operate as a business.”

Trivallis have also been invited to take part in wider Carbon Literacy celebrations, which includes the awards ceremony taking place in Manchester in summer 2026.
Thank you to everyone involved.

Together, these accreditations demonstrate that Trivallis is taking meaningful, measurable steps towards a more sustainable future. As they continue to expand Carbon Literacy training and embed low carbon thinking across their services, they remain committed to leading by example and creating lasting benefits for our people, homes and communities.

Trivallis are a community mutual housing association which is owned by their tenants, rooted in their local communities, and working through collaboration and partnership.

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We’re Recruiting: Head of Fair Economy

A fairer and greener economy for Wales means a real Living Wage for everyone and support for the local businesses that help meet our everyday needs. We have already helped over 600 Welsh organisations guarantee 170,000 employees’ access to a real Living Wage, and we have supported local businesses pioneering food, energy, housing, transport, nature and health services. We want to do more – can you help us as our new Head of Fair Economy?

You will need to be passionate about building an economy that works for everyone, with the skills and experience to lead and build programmes and teams, work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders in our areas of work, and to be proactive in identifying new opportunities for funding and impact.

You will be leading the Fair Economy team to deliver against impact targets in our annual business plan. This involves: 

  • Leading the Fair Economy team (30%) 
  • Supporting the real Living Wage (rLW) Programme (30%) 
  • Supporting the Foundational Economy (FE) Programme (40%) 

You’ll play a key role in helping individuals and organisations benefit from our expertise, while growing our reach, income, and impact as a forward-thinking charity. This includes lifting individuals out of in-work poverty and supporting local businesses that provide our everyday needs.

We are a lively and progressive charity at an important stage in our development. If our mission resonates with you and you share our aims, we would love to hear from you. 

Post Title:Head of Fair Economy
Last updated10.3.26
Salary:Band 3. £41,200-£46,350 (2026/27)
Duration:Permanent
Hours:30-37.5 hours per week, flexible working
Location:Hybrid – Cardiff office / home and client sites. Expectation is at least 25% of the week (1 -2 days) is based during core days in the office. Frequency to be agreed with line manager.
Three people holding a Living Wage sign

About Cynnal Cymru – Sustain Wales

We are a leading sustainable development charity based in Cardiff, working across Wales and the UK. Since 2002, we have been supporting organisations from across the public, private and third sector to turn sustainability aims into action.

Through the provision of advice, training and enabling connections, our team of sustainability specialists work to accelerate progress towards a low carbon economy, a thriving natural environment and a fair and just society.

We are the official partner of the Carbon Literacy Project in Wales, the founder of Nature Wise Eco Literacy training and the real Living Wage accreditation partner in Wales.

How to apply

Please complete your Application Form and the voluntary Equality and Diversity Monitoring form by by midnight on Sunday 26th April 2026.

We will aim to let applicants know if they have selected for interview by 5pm on Wednesday 29th April.

If after reading this candidate pack you feel you meet most of the essential person specification, we would encourage you to apply. If you have any further questions about the role, please email jobs@cynnalcymru.com to arrange a time to discuss these.

Please note we do not accept CVs. Strictly no agencies.

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Interviews

The interviews will be taking place on Wednesday 6th May and Thursday 7th May in Cardiff to allow candidates to visit our office.

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Are we living our way into the future we desire? 

How can we proactively co-create the future we would like to see? 

What does this future look and feel like? 

What is futures thinking and how could this help us in delivering a better world? 

These were some of the questions explored in the recent Living the Future event that took place in Aberystwyth on the 21st January 2026.  

To build upon the Light Up the Future event held in Cardiff last year marking the 10-year anniversary of the ground-breaking Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, Cynnal Cymru’s Sustainability Trainer, Chris Woodfield, co-organised Living the Future to shine a light on the great work happening in Mid and West Wales. The event, co-created in collaboration with Porthi Aber, The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), The Welsh Government’s Sustainable Futures Team, The Office of the Future Generations Commissioner, Public Health Wales, and Hwb Dyfodol, was an opportunity to take stock, celebrate successes, share challenges, and explore positive visions of the future through a facilitated co-creation process. 

The event took place in the Aberystwyth Bandstand, perched beautifully between land and sea on the Aberystwyth promenade, and attracted 80 attendees from across the public and private sectors, civil society and local grassroots organisations.  

The day started with short changemaker talks from local project leads and organisations taking positive action towards a brighter future, including: 

  • Cian Llywelyn of Coetir Anian (Cambrian Wildwood) highlighting the importance of nature restoration and connecting people with nature. 
  • Joanna Jordan of Parents for the Future Ceredigion showcasing how we can all be activists to facilitate change in our communities. 
  • Erannan Bent of Niku-Naka sauna in Bala, emphasising saunas as a place for connection, listening, and play for all ages, whilst supporting physical and mental well-being. 
  • A short film showing of the Llyfrgell Zine Cymru (Welsh Zine Library), curated by Elin Angharad, highlighted how zines can be a form of slower, creative and inclusive expression in an increasingly fast-paced and digital world.  
  • Owen Shiers (artist / musician) representing the Llafur Ni Network shared how seeds can be metaphors for long-term and futures thinking, the lost story of the Welsh black oat, and how seed sovereignty can be an opportunity to rebuild a local and resilient food system. 

Following this, with the guidance of volunteer facilitators participants discussed how their own work aligned with the Seven Well-being Goals of the Act, highlighting the importance of systems thinking and how we need to view the Well-being Goals as interconnected and mutually supporting each other, rather than individual goals, or boxes to tick-off.    

The Future Generations Commissioner, Derek Walker, shared his reflections and thoughts on how Wales is doing and what more needs to be done to live our way into the future in a positive and inspiring way, before participants enjoyed a spiced parsnip and banana soup produced by local not-for-profit Porthi Aber, who are taking action to improve the local food system.  

The importance of creativity ran through the day with the Aberystwyth Town Poet, Hywel Griffiths, performing a futures poem of a positive vision of the future he had written for the event, and outlining how and why Aberystwyth had recently been recognised as Wales’s first UNESCO City of Literature. A local artist, Harrie Fuller from Spork Studios, designed an artistic impression to go alongside the poem, and all the participants took away with them a bilingual copy of the poetry and design.  

The rest of the day enabled participants to practise “futures thinking”, and to deeply discuss their visions of the future and what we can do today to make that vision become a reality. Wales has an ambition to become a Future Literate nation, with Hwb Dyfodol being an avenue to support organisations to understand what futures thinking is and how it can be used to not just think about the future, but to deliver meaningful change in the present to enable that desired future to thrive. The day finished with a beautiful starling murmuration on the Aberystwyth seafront as a perfect reminder of collaboration, emergence, and embracing the beauty, awe and wonder of nature.   

So, what next? Where do we go from here? Cynnal Cymru were involved in leading the national conversation of the “The Wales We Want” back in 2014, which supported the development of the Well-being of Future Generations Act. This latest event brought futures thinking to the fore, with our next (and ongoing) challenge being “how do we ensure we combine futures thinking with creative, practical and proactive action on the ground today?”. 

We are living our way into the future, and let’s ensure it is a flourishing and thriving future we all want to live in. To finish, I’ll leave you with three provocations to reflect upon: 

Whose future are we co-creating and how can we ensure we incorporate unheard voices into our futures thinking discussions in inclusive and accessible ways? 

How can we bring more creativity, play and culture into our futures work? 

Where are the stories of hope in your community and how can you help amplify these pockets of the future to become the new normal? 

If you’d like to respond to these questions, feel free to reach out to Chris on chris@cynnalcymru.com or find him in Aberystwyth for a coastpath conversation outside his home on the seafront, where all the best stuff happens on the edge.  

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Cynnal Cymru are a member of Hwb Dyfodol and you can find out more on futures thinking tools and approaches on the Future Generations website. 

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Cynnal Cymru train the trainer course

June | Train the Trainer Carbon Literacy

Gain the knowledge, capacity and confidence needed to support others to take action on climate change.

Whether you want to create your own Carbon Literacy course, build on an existing one, or support others to do so, these sessions will give you the tools, confidence, and structure to make it happen.

This online Train the Trainer Carbon Literacy course is designed for individuals who are already Carbon Literate and are ready to take the next step: leading, delivering, or supporting Carbon Literacy training sessions within their organisation or community.

For more information on the course structure and learning, visit our Train the Trainer course page.

To book your place or to find out more, please email training@cynnalcymru.com

Cost and group size

Online open course £750 plus VAT (cost per person)

Discounts available for Cynnal Cymru members

This course is designed for four participants and will only go ahead once all places are booked.

Interactive and practical

This is a highly practical course. You’ll not only learn how to deliver Carbon Literacy training, but you’ll practise delivering it, receive feedback, and build confidence in a supportive environment. By the end of the sessions, you’ll be better equipped to train others, engage meaningfully, and inspire action.

Timetable

Our standard course runs over three morning sessions, 9:00am-12:30pm plus 1.5 hours of homework. A total of 12 hours, typically across a two to three week period.

Tutor-led sessions take place on:

Session 1

Monday 29th June

9:00am-12:30pm GMT

Session 2

Wednesday 1st July

9:00am-12:30pm GMT

Session 3

Monday 6th July

9:00am-12:30pm GMT

You will need to attend all sessions to receive your Cynnal Cymru Train the Trainer certificate.

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Creating change at scale: The benefits of becoming a Carbon Literacy Trainer

This year we will be running our first Train the Trainer: Carbon Literacy Course. Our new Head of Training and Advice, Jason Shilcock, spoke to our Senior Sustainability Adviser, Farah Lodhi-Jones, to ask her who our new course is for and what are the added benefits in designing and delivering your own Carbon Literacy Course.

First, tell us a little bit about your own Carbon Literacy journey and what led you to becoming a trainer?

I was living in China for a number of years and I had experience of their industrial growth and development, and the terrible air quality. I was living through that daily, so I started to question how people lived and what the cost was of socio-economic development vs environmental impacts. I was able to travel around Asia, and became more aware of how more people were being affected by the environment, in the name of development. This led me to,  an MSc certification in climate change and water resource management policy from SOAS and subsequently worked on projects in Indonesia with local farmers, using legacy funding from BAT and Fauna and Flora conducting their biodiversity risk assessment on key island watershed.  I then moved to Italy where someone mentioned the Carbon Literacy Project to me in 2021. With starting a family, and changing the pace of work, I volunteered with them and then joined them in Advocacy, using all the skills I’d learnt on the ground to create courses for clients. 

Can you tell us why Cynnal Cymru – Sustain Wales developed this new course?

Good question! I think it was just the right time! Cynnal Cymru is so experienced in this field and has seen how companies and organisations roll out this training to some of their staff, but can then be at a bit of a loss what to do next. The knowledge just “sits there”, unless you’ve got a passionate person who is going to take that up or different teams to drive it forward. We’d received requests to do Train the Trainer courses, so we needed to help people learn how to run peer-to-peer learning in their own organisations.

Who is this course for and what can they hope to gain from the course personally and professionally?

This course is for anyone who’s already Carbon Literate and who is ready to take the next step. Whether that’s leading, delivering, or supporting Carbon Literacy training sessions in your organisation or community. It’s ideal for senior managers, team leaders, board members or volunteers and is a space where they can get sort of reflections and peer-to-peer conversations and collaborations with other people in the room as well.

What practical training skills can participants expect to gain from the course?

This is a highly practical course where trainers gain hands-on experience in delivering Carbon Literacy training that works for all kinds of audiences. Traditionally it’s spread across three half-days and looks at the Carbon Literacy standard, how to find your confidence and skills in being a trainer and finally a hands-on session where we look at a section the trainer has prepared and give peer feedback. So, it’s very dynamic. It… can be quite challenging. It’s quite an intense few days, but also, I think, quite rewarding for people when they have been through that process and they can reflect. It also teaches the trainers flexibility and how to think on their feet, as every course is different.

What do enjoy most about supporting new Carbon Literacy trainers, and what impact do you hope participants will go on to have after completing the programme?

I love seeing the passion that people bring, and people really wanting to believe that they can make a change. It’s about unlocking feelings within that room – people do feel like they can unlock a little bit of positivity for themselves personally. Some trainers have been tasked by their leadership to do this sustainability training work, while still doing another full-time job on the side, so it can be daunting. So, a huge part of my enjoyment comes from unlocking that passion in people again and seeing them recognise their growth over the three sessions.

Finally, when is the next course and how do people sign up?

The next open course starts in June, with three sessions taking place on the 29th June, 1st and 6th July

You can find out more about the course and how to book on out Train the Trainer web page.

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Wales’s Future Fuels: Powering industrial vehicles and plant in a net zero Wales 

In November 2025, Cynnal Cymru convened a roundtable on behalf of our member, Wales & West Utilities, to explore the challenges of decarbonising vehicles and plant currently unsuitable for electrification.

We welcomed multi-sector stakeholders comprising fleet managers, policy and sector specialists, industry experts and alternative fuel providers to discuss policy, investment, impact on workforce, public perception and driver experience of different fuels.

There was consensus that for many fleet operators, a transition to current battery-electric technology and infrastructure alone will not be viable without significant change or compromise of services. The emerging insights centred on an urgent need for enhanced data, mapping, fleet manager support and recognition of current user-experience to build confidence in transitioning away from diesel.

Citing uncertainty as a prime reason for delays in decarbonisation, stakeholders also called for equitable investment in alternative fuels such as compressed natural gas, hydrogen and HVO and opportunities for those on the ground to access and trial these alternatives.

Read the Wales’s Future Fuels Roundtable Report.

If you are interested in Cynnal Cymru’s facilitation or convening services, please get in touch!

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Living Wage Week 2025 – the difference it makes

This month, the Fair Economy team at Cynnal Cymru look back at the highlights from this year’s Living Wage Week – an annual celebration of the Living Wage movement in the UK.

Cynnal Cymru are the Living Wage Foundation’s accreditation partner for Wales and have been championing the Living Wage movement in Wales since 2016.

During this time, around 20,869 additional people in Wales have been uplifted to the Real Living Wage, adding £141m in additional income for low-wage earners, with almost 600 employers including Principality, Coaltown Coffee, Fabulous Welshcakes and Ogi becoming accredited. 

Living Wage Week highlights

We kicked off Living Wage Week in Wales with our annual national event held at the beautiful Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay.

Together, we celebrated the real impact of the Living Wage, Living Hours, and Living Pensions, and looked ahead to new developments across the Living Wage in Wales.

We heard talks from Leaders of local authorities, talking about why they have made their local authorities Living Wage Employers – we were delighted that Vale of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire both took the final step in accreditation to mark this Living Wage Week.

The Future Generations Commissioner Derek Walker spoke about why they’ve asked all public bodies in Wales to make a plan to become Living Wage Employers by 2027.

“The Future Generations Commissioner, Derek Walker, has asked all councils to commit to paying their staff a Real Living Wage, in his Future Generations Report, 2025, published ahead of May’s Senedd elections. Each of Wales’ 56 public bodies, he says, should have a plan for accreditation within two years in a critical step towards tackling poverty.” 

And it was also great to have a video from the First Minister, Eluned Morgan talking about the Welsh Government’s commitment to the Living Wage.

On Wednesday of Living Wage Week, we attended the Well-being Economy – Festival of Ideas event, held in Swansea arena. Here we had some great conversations around the Living Wage, with already accredited organisations and organisations who wanted to hear more about it.

We ended the week in Wrexham. We were delighted to attend the Living Wage North Wales event, hosted by the Future Generations Commissioner. Bringing together partners from across the public, private and voluntary sectors to discuss how we can promote the Living Wage and tackle in-work poverty across the region.

A big thank you to everyone who joined the conversation and shared insights, experiences and ideas.

If you’re interested in joining the Living Wage, Living Hours, and Living Pensions movement, please contact the Living Wage Wales team.

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21 January | Living the Future

We will showcase exciting local projects, organisations and initiatives who are taking the lead on embedding the seven Well-Being Goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act, and experiment with futures thinking and creative visioning approaches. This event will give us the space to imagine an inspiring vision of the future, building on the great work already happening, and galvanise momentum and collective energy around the Well-being of Future Generations Act locally, regionally and nationally.

This event is open to all sectors and all professions, from across Wales, and will be of particular interest to those involved in working towards a positive future.
It will be an opportunity to build connections and relationships, and to celebrate and take stock of some of the projects and organisations delivering meaningful place-based change.

Building upon previous events which have taken place throughout 2025, including Light Up the Future and the Future Generations Action Summit, this event will shine a light on what’s happening in Mid and West Wales grounded in a local and regional context.

Wednesday 21st January, 10:00 – 15:30 (with lunch included)
Aberystwyth Bandstand, Aberystwyth, Marine Terrace, SY23 2BY

Speakers include Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner, and other local changemakers TBC

This is a collaborative event co-organised by Porthi Aber, Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Cynnal Cymru – Sustain Wales, The Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner, and Hwb Dyfodol.

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Building a movement for change – Cynnal Cymru celebrates 2002 learners on Carbon Literacy Action Day and COP30!

On 13 November, we’re celebrating an important milestone during the fifth annual global Carbon Literacy Action Day, as we reach 2002 Carbon Literacy learners who have successfully completed our training. On the day we are excited to be working with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) focusing on how their staff connect with the communities they serve to create more opportunities for positive action on climate and nature. 

The Carbon Literacy Project’s Action Day is a movement that sees the largest number of people, from all corners of the globe, simultaneously complete Carbon Literacy training in a single day. It is the world’s largest climate education and action training event. Carbon Literacy training was recognised in 2021 by the United Nations as one of the top 100 global transformative action programs with the potential for significant impact. 

In Wales, we’re working towards a positive ‘tipping point’ of over 25% of organisations having Carbon Literate staff with their individual pledges causing ripples of influence across workplaces, communities, and supply chains.

We became the official partner for the Carbon Literacy Project in Wales in 2017, when we delivered our first Carbon Literacy course. Since then, we have trained over 354 organisations across the private, public and voluntary sectors in Carbon Literacy, with 4004 individual pledges for action. 

The headline result of this is an *estimated average carbon reduction of 3.6 tonnes of CO2 per learner and £1,000 of cost savings per year. For our programme to date this is now 7,207 tonnes of CO2 and £4 million of cost savings, all helping our planet and our pockets during these tough times. There are also many more impacts around improved health, employability, cross-team working, and service improvements.

Louise Cartwright, Head of Training and Advice said: 

“We’re delighted to announce that we have surpassed the ‘2000 certified’ in Carbon Literacy mark. Congratulations to the most recent graduates and many thanks to all learners and the Natural Resource Wales and Trivallis Housing Association Training Team, for helping us to reach our certified learners’ target!” 

Taking part in Carbon Literacy Action Day 2025 reflects Cynnal Cymru’s commitment to global climate responsibility. We view Carbon Literacy as an essential step toward embedding climate education and action throughout organisations in Wales as we all seek to deliver a fairer and greener future for current and future generations 

Find out more about our training where we’ll help you to understand what you can do to take action on climate change. 

*Estimations are based on figures from the Carbon Literacy Project.

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24 November – Thought Leadership Series: 10 Years of the Well-being of Future Generations Act 

Join us on 24th of November to spotlight cross sector leadership committed to future generations, showcasing how they have viewed, interpreted and actioned the Well-being of Future Generations Act across their organisations.

We will be joined by guest panellist from cross-sector who are leaders in driving the Act’s values, with long-term thinking, prevention, and collaboration, and also how this aligns with their sustainability goals. We will also celebrate how Cynnal Cymru’s training and advisory support is helping organisations align with the Act and build future-fit strategies.

What to expect:

  • Conversations with practitioners embedding the Act’s goals in real-world contexts
  • Insights from the Future Generations Commissioner’s office
  • Sector perspectives on decarbonisation, community resilience, and inclusive growth
  • Networking with change-makers across Wales

Guest panellists include:

  • Korina Tsioni – Programe Lead, Future Generations Leadership Academy
  • Mefty Haider – Specialist Advisor: Climate Change and Decarbonisation, Natural Resources Wales
  • Caitlin Rodrigues – Research Manager at Principality Building Society and Chair of its Race and Ethnicity colleague network
  • Clive Williams – Group Environmental Manager at the Sinclair Group
  • Nia Roberts – Town Planner, Arup

Taking part in this event will provide you and your organisation with examples of sector leaders taking focused approaches to climate action. From this you will understand how leaders across sectors have had their ‘wins’ and what the future of the Act means for them in terms of meeting their 5-10 year strategies.

Register to attend

This event is free for Cynnal Cymru members and for businesses or organisations that are based in Wales. (Refreshments provided)

Date: 24 November 2025
Time: 09:45 – 14:00
Location: Ground Floor Event Space
sbarc|spark | Maindy Road | Cardiff | CF24 4HQ

**PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED**

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Agenda

TimingsActivity
9.45amRegistration
Arrivals and refreshments provided by Cynnal Cymru
10.00am  Welcome
Introduction from Cynnal Cymru’s Chief Executive Simon Slater    
10:15amNote on Well-being of Future Generations Act (summarised and contextualised)
10.30amSpeaker panel
Hear from our expert speakers on the topic of past, present and future of sustainability for their sector 
12:20pmQ & A
Where do we go from here?
13:00pmNetworking opportunity
This is a free event, and we invite you to join us for networking to continue the conversation.

You’re welcome to bring your own lunch or to visit the café next to the events space, where you will find a variety of lunchtime options which you might like to buy.
14:00pmClose

Speaker profiles

Korina Tsioni, Future Generations Wales

Programe Lead, Future Leaders Academy

Korina focuses on the Future Leaders Academy work, and is passionate about social justice and learning innovation. Through the programme, young leaders from all backgrounds fully understand the architecture and good application of the Act. They graduate with the knowledge, skills and support they need to apply the Act in all they do, and to face the challenges along the way. Korina volunteers as a Trustee. She also loves nature and culture. She runs multi-cultural events that combine all forms of art – and works as musician and dancer.

Mefty Haider, Natural Resources Wales

Specialist Advisor: Climate Change and Decarbonisation

Mefty Haider is a Specialist Advisor in Climate Change and Decarbonisation in Natural Resources Wales and currently based in Bangor, Gwynedd. He supports net-zero delivery across the organisation and to the wider Welsh public sectors. With a background in environmental regulation and policy, Mefty has led on and contributed to organisational decarbonisation initiatives. Mefty is currently leading on NRW’s behavioural change training programme, which is a carbon literacy certified bespoke training for NRW staff.

Caitlin Rodrigues, Principality Building Society

Research Manager at Principality Building Society and Chair of its Race and Ethnicity colleague network.

Caitlin is a Research Manager at Principality Building Society and Chair of its Race and Ethnicity colleague network. Principality has aligned its impact strategy with the Well-being of Future Generations Act, supporting community projects across Wales. In 2024, Caitlin graduated from the Future Generations Leadership Academy and continues to engage with fellow alumni and the Future Generations Office opportunities to improve application of the act.

Clive Williams, Sinclair Group

Group Environmental Manager

Clive Williams is the Group Environmental Manager at the Sinclair Group, Wales’ largest motor retailer, bringing over 50 years of experience in the motor trade. An alumnus of Swansea University’s Business School Circular Economy Programme, Clive is dedicated to ensuring the Sinclair Group remains a sustainable, forward-thinking Welsh company. His work focuses on embedding circular economy principles, environmental compliance, and sustainable business growth across the organisation. Outside his corporate role, Clive is also a qualified UEFA Coach, with more than 25 years of experience coaching elite and grassroots goalkeepers, reflecting his lifelong commitment to mentorship and performance development.

Nia Roberts, ARUP

Town Planner

Nia is a Chartered Town Planner at Arup, passionate about creating better places through development projects that value placemaking and sustainability. She has private and public sector experience, having prepared planning applications and acted as case officer on behalf of local planning authorities in Wales and England. She is experienced across Development Management, Major Infrastructure and Planning Policy, and has worked on a range of projects in sectors including flood risk management, leisure and commercial development, and infrastructure. Nia is the Co-Chair of RTPI Young Planners Cymru and a volunteer for Planning Aid Wales. She was awarded Wales Young Planner of the Year in 2024 and the Insider Wales Emerging Property Person of the Year in 2025.

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