Cynnal Cymru

We are the leading sustainable development organisation in Wales –

Enabling action towards a fair and just society, a low carbon economy and a thriving natural environment.

With our charitable aims at our core, we provide advice, training and connections to help organisations take bold decisions for a fairer and more secure future.

Our mission

We believe that every organisation can take steps to respond to global challenges in ways that benefit them, and the people around them.

Whether it’s paying the real Living Wage so that workers can live and not just exist, reshaping business practices to minimise environmental harm, or engaging with employees, supply chains and customers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – we believe that raising ambition benefits organisations in Wales and beyond now and for the future.

Our vision

Our vision is a world with a stable climate, a society which respects and protects the planet’s finite resources, and every person is respected, valued and able to meet their needs.

If you share these aims, you’ll know that making the necessary changes can be hard. There needs to be bold decision-making and urgent action. That’s where we can help.

Who we are

We’re sustainability experts who help organisations create a fairer and more secure future. Since 2002 we’ve been part of Wales’ journey to end short-term thinking and become a leader in sustainable development.

From our beginnings as a membership network, our role has evolved. Having played a key part in developing the ground-breaking Well-being of Future Generations Act, our focus has shifted to enabling practical action towards realising the Well-being goals and the sustainable Development goals.

Today, we’re a non-profit enterprise and registered charity, providing advice, training and networking opportunities.

Our team delivers wide-reaching work touching on many agendas and policy areas including climate change and decarbonisation, sustainable travel, renewable energy, utilities, affordable housing, the Foundational Economy, in-work poverty, management of natural resources and much more.

We have worked with some amazing people and organisations over the years and our current roles and areas of expertise include:

• Real Living Wage accreditation and support

• A Carbon Literacy Training Organisation delivering Carbon Literacy training for organisations

• Nature Wise – Eco literacy training

• Climate change, environmental and decarbonisation strategies and support

• Creating and facilitation communities of practice – including for social Housing Decarbonisation and the Foundational Economy in Wales

• Secretariat for the Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water Customer Challenge Group