Dear Jessica

I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 19^th July
2017 in which you requested information regarding Research and Financial
Relationships with the Arms Trade.

Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and has been allocated reference FOI17-207 which should be quoted in
all correspondence. We will respond to your request within 20 working days
starting the next working day after receipt, therefore you can expect to
receive a response no later than 17^th August 2017.

Where we consider that we will not be able to meet this deadline or if
further time is required to consider the public interest test we will
contact you as soon as possible and give you a revised date for response.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and, if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

Yours sincerely

Steve Moss   Steve Moss
 
Strategic Planning & Governance   Adran Cynllunio Strategol a
Llywodraethu
Cardiff University   Prifysgol Caerdydd
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Dear Jessica

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated
19^th July 2017 in which you requested information regarding Research and
Financial Relationships with the Arms Trade.

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses:

I am writing to request information on the research and financial
relationships the university holds in the following companies: BAE
Systems, Lockheed Martin, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, GKN, Cobham, Elbit
Systems, Leonardo, L3 Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Thales,
Boeing, General Dynamics, Airbus, United Technologies, Babcock
International, Serco, Meggitt, AirTanker, Chemring and Ultra Electronics
and any other arms companies.

Additionally, I am writing to request information on the contracts the
university holds with the Ministry of Defence and equivalent bodies and
armed forces of other countries.

Please include the following information:

1) For each of the above companies/bodies please list all the projects,
industrial consultancy and industrial research that the university has
received funding for over the past four academic years, 2013-2014,
2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. Details should be broken down by each
university department, showing the company or government body who have
provided funding, the start and end date of each contract, title of the
project/research, and total funding of each project/research year-by-year
for the past four academic years. Lastly, please list all external
organisations and bodies that are also participants in the
projects/research identified.

Please see attachment for our response.

2) Does the university have, or is it working towards, an ethical research
policy that excludes, or could exclude, the companies listed above?

Cardiff University has an Ethical Investment Policy which prohibits the
investment into companies based upon three parameters: -

·           Tobacco: any companies Involved in producing and distributing
tobacco products where revenues exceed 10% of global earnings;

·           Armaments – any companies producing weapons and weapon
systems, including cluster munitions and anti-personnel landmines where
revenues exceed 10% of global earnings. Companies whose main business
includes the supply of strategic components (such as weapons guidance
systems) and services are also excluded (main business is any activity
whose revenues exceed 10% of global earnings);

·           Code of Ethics – any companies that do not have a Code of
Ethics Policy as per EIRIS (Ethical Investment Research Service)
guidelines (or similar) or such companies that display poor ESG
(Environmental, Governance and Social) factors and show little sign of
improving.

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.  The University has a
Freedom of Information Complaints Procedure should you feel dissatisfied
with this response or the way in which your request was handled.
Complaints must be made in writing and must set out why you believe the
University has not met its obligations under the Freedom of Information
Act.  You may email your complaint to [email address] where it
will be forwarded to the Director of Strategic Planning and Governance who
will be responsible for overseeing the review.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of your complaint, you
have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for
consideration.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the
following address: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Cardiff University. If you require further assistance please feel free to
contact me.

Yours sincerely

Steve Moss   Steve Moss
 
Strategic Planning & Governance   Adran Cynllunio Strategol a
Llywodraethu
Cardiff University   Prifysgol Caerdydd
Friary House   Friary House
Greyfriars Road   Heol y Brodyr Llwydion
Cardiff CF10 3AE   Caerdydd CF10 3AE
     
Tel: 029 208 70338   Ffon: 029 208 70338
E-mail: [1][email address]   E-bost: [2][email address]
 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh or English - Rydym yn croesawu
gohebiaeth trwy’r Gymraeg neu’r Saesneg

The Data Protection Act is changing! To find out more join the GDPR Yammer
Group [3]here

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