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Sustainability

The NOAR project will work in line with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (WFGA) and to ensure that our team are able to demonstrate that we are giving meaningful consideration to the well-being of current and future generations in all we do.

The project will generate Cross-Cutting Themes (CCTs) that are driven by a genuine need, recognised by this project, and where there is a real opportunity associated with engaging effectively with them. This will reflect Bangor University’s commitment to becoming ‘the sustainable University’ in its Strategic Plan 2015–2020.

  1. The Sustainable Development Principle is our overarching guide: The project will engage in its activities in a way that seeks to ensure that the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
  2. Whilst the project’s main motivator is innovation to address the grand challenges to boost the economy, it recognises that the economy is interdependent with the environment, society and culture.
  3. In order to achieve this NOAR will adopt the five ways of working:
    • Long-term thinking: Contributing to the long-term aspirations of Bangor University, the shellfish production sector and Welsh Government. But also, balancing short-term needs with the need to meet long-term needs.
    • Prevention is better than cure: Reviewing project plans to prevent problems from occurring, and conversely enhancing the R&I capacity of the University and helping Wales grow its share of the shellfish market.
    • Integration: Integrating with other initiatives in the University, and more widely, addressing environmental protection and enhancement, resource efficiency, shellfish aquaculture and farming activities, as well as climate change to provide opportunities in Wales and beyond.
    • Collaboration: Those working in NOAR, the wider University, the shellfish sector and marine environment collaborating to achieve synergistic goals.
    • Involvement: Open and inclusive involvement of those who have an interest in achieving this, such as academic/commercial/Government/NGO partnerships, in the context of the well-being ways of working and goals.
  4. We aim to demonstrate that our activities contribute to the following well-being goals:
    • A prosperous Wales: Contributing towards an innovative, productive, low-carbon society that uses its resources efficiently and proportionately
    • A resilient Wales: Creating a healthy environment supporting social, economic and ecological resilience, a society that adapts to change
    • A more equal Wales: Enabling people to fulfil their potential regardless of background or circumstances
    • A Wales of cohesive communities: Creating employment opportunities in the shellfish sector, as well as in wider support services in local communities
    • A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh Language: Promoting and protecting culture, heritage and language
    • A globally responsible Wales: Considering wider impacts of our decisions and actions