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Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Rebecca Evans, with the leader of Carmarthenshire County Council, Cllr Darren Price

Investment in low carbon business units in Carmarthenshire

The Welsh Government and Carmarthenshire County Council have invested in the delivery of a £12m sustainable commercial development as part of a commitment to green economic growth.

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Logistics company cutting carbon emissions with pioneering software

An award-winning logistics company has developed an innovative emissions management tool that has saved enough carbon emissions for a HGV to travel around the world 120 times, thanks to Welsh Government support.

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More than £20m to help universities tackle climate change. Loan funding will help universities reach low carbon ambitions

Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Vikki Howells, visited Cardiff University to see how a £12.2m investment is accelerating their progress towards carbon reduction.

Jayne Bryant MS Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Landscape)

£6.1bn to deliver key services across Wales

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Jayne Bryant, has announced that local authorities will receive £6.1bn from the Welsh Government to spend on delivering key services.  

Rebecca Evans MS Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning (Landscape)

£51m Newport investment latest chapter in Wales’ compound semiconductor success story

Vishay Intertechnology, one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components, has announced that it is investing £51m in Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest semiconductor facility - bringing new product range capabilities and skilled job opportunities to Newport.

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Digital ambition in emergency departments boosts efforts to reduce carbon emissions

Emergency departments across Wales are being challenged to embrace digital technology in a bid to make patient care more efficient and become environmentally sustainable.

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Branching out … a new fund to grow Wales’s forestry workforce

£280,000 is being invested in a new forestry-related skills and training fund by the Welsh Government, with the aim of growing the workforce and providing strong roots for the industry to bloom.

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Deputy First Minister shares how Wales can tackle the causes and impacts of climate change together

As world leaders gather this week at the Biodiversity COP16 in Cali and a month before world leaders gather at Baku for COP 29, the Welsh Government has published a strategy focused on delivering a Wales adapted for our changing climate.

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Major project delivering Wales first refurbished net zero carbon school

Pen y Dre High School in Merthyr Tydfil will become Wales first refurbished net zero carbon school.

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Wales to host major international sustainability event

International speakers and delegates will gather in Cardiff next week as Wales hosts the international Circular Economy Hotspot for the first time.

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Investment in public services and economic growth top of Welsh Finance Secretary’s agenda at meeting with UK nations

Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford has welcomed the opportunity to work collaboratively with all the UK nations to secure a stronger economy for Wales ahead of a meeting with his counterparts today (Thursday, October 3).

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£1bn investment secures over 300 jobs in North Wales

  • Major joint investment in Deeside will safeguard 147 jobs and create a further 220
  • Shotton Mill will become UK’s largest recycled paper manufacturer helping the UK’s transition to net zero and creating jobs in green industries of the future
  • Stronger relationship between UK and Welsh Government delivers boost to local economy
  • Announcement comes ahead of investment summit which will bring together international business leaders to boost growth