Donations from oil and gas companies
Dear Cardiff Metropolitan University,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. I would like to be provided with the following information:
(1) For the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and any available data for 2021/2022, I would like to be provided with details on accepted donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have come from oil and gas companies. For each, I would like the following information:
- The name of the oil/gas company that gave the donation, gift, grant or research funding
- The date the university accepted such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the accepted donation, gift, grant and research funding
- A description of what the donation, gift, grant and research funding was used for
(2) Also, for the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and any available data for 2021/2022, I would like to be provided with details on donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have come from oil and gas companies which have been rejected by the university.
For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the following information:
- The name of the oil/gas company that tried to give the donation, gift, grant or research funding
- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was rejected
I would like to receive the information electronically - preferably in an Excel format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request. Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Jenna Corderoy
Dear Jenna,
Thank you for your request for information (under the Freedom of Information Act 2000). Your request was received on the 24.09.2021 and has been given the following reference number: RI1966. Please use this reference number in all future correspondence. Thank you.
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Yours sincerely,
Esther Steele
Governance and Compliance Advisor / Ymgynghorydd Llywodraethu a Chydymffurfiaeth
Cardiff Metropolitan University / Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
Western Avenue / Rhodfa'r Gorllewin
Cardiff / Caerdydd
Wales, UK / Cymru, DU
CF5 2YB
Email / E-bost: [email address]
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Cardiff Met welcomes correspondence in English and Welsh and we will ensure that we communicate with you in the language of your choice, whether that's English, Welsh or bilingual as long as you let us know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.
Good afternoon,
Apologies, but I feel that my request is too wide, and would like to narrow my request to the following companies:
- BP
- Shell
- Total
- Equinor
- Eni
- Chevron
- Exxon/ExxonMobil
- ConocoPhillips
Many thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Jenna Corderoy
And many apologies. I should have said calendar years and not financial years.
Hence the original request should have said: (1) For the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and any available data for 2021, I would like to be provided..."
Yours sincerely,
Jenna Corderoy
Dear Jenna,
Reference Number: RI1966.
Please find attached a letter from Cardiff Metropolitan University in response to your request under Freedom of Information legislation.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything further I can help with.
Yours sincerely,
Esther Steele
Governance and Compliance Advisor / Ymgynghorydd Llywodraethu a Chydymffurfiaeth
Cardiff Metropolitan University / Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
Western Avenue / Rhodfa'r Gorllewin
Cardiff / Caerdydd
Wales, UK / Cymru, DU
CF5 2YB
Email / E-bost: [email address]
www.cardiffmet.ac.uk
Compliance Information on InSite: https://outlookuwicac.sharepoint.com/sit...
Mae Met Caerdydd yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg a byddwn yn sicrhau ein bod yn cyfathrebu â chi yn eich dewis iaith boed yn Gymraeg, yn Saesneg neu'n ddwyieithog dim ond i chi roi gwybod i ni pa un sydd well gennych. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhyw oedi.
Cardiff Met welcomes correspondence in English and Welsh and we will ensure that we communicate with you in the language of your choice, whether that's English, Welsh or bilingual as long as you let us know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.
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