WRAP Cymru, the Welsh branch of the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), and carbon emissions reduction consultancy Carbon Trust are to deliver free efficiency advice to Welsh businesses and public-sector bodies after winning new resource efficiency framework contracts.
The two contracts, worth a total of £1,037,830 across an initial 18-month period, are some of the first to be awarded under the Welsh Government’s new resource efficiency framework. They will see the two bodies work together to deliver client manager services under the new Resource Efficient Wales service.
Launched on Monday (27 October), the service aims to provide individuals and businesses with ‘information, advice and help’ on reducing waste arisings, and energy and water use. It was developed after the government found that using resources more sustainably would help save money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by three per cent a year, and achieve ‘at least a 40 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020’.
‘Helping organisations reap the benefits of using fewer resources’
WRAP Director Dr Marcus Gover, commented: “We are delighted to announce that, working in partnership, WRAP Cymru and Carbon Trust have won the contracts to deliver resource efficiency support to Welsh public-sector organisations and businesses of all sizes.
“Both have strong track records of helping organisations reap the benefits of using fewer resources; WRAP Cymru looks forward to working closely with the Welsh Government and the Carbon Trust on what we believe will be a successful and productive collaboration.”
Richard Rugg, Managing Director of Programmes at the Carbon Trust, added: “For the past 12 years the Carbon Trust has worked alongside the Welsh Government to help to cut nine million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions and deliver more than £700 million in financial savings for thousands of Welsh companies and public-sector bodies.
“We are very much looking forward to building on our success, together with WRAP Cymru, and continuing to support public bodies and businesses in Wales through the new Resource Efficient Wales service.”
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