# New Irish Foundation established

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/11/24/new-irish-foundation-established/
- Published: 2009-11-24T12:11:17+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Tanya Harrington has been appointed as Director of the new NTR Foundation which 
has been established by Irish company NTR plc.

 

The mission of the NTR Foundation is to address the challenges posed by climate 
change, resource sustainability and security of energy supply through the provision
of targeted financial and expert support to entrepreneurial projects, research programmes
and non-governmental organizations.

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In 2008 shareholders in NTR approved the establishment of a Foundation with an initial
lump sum of up to €5.5 million and a further 2.4 million of NTR plc ordinary shares.

 

A key goal for the Foundation will be to ‘make a real difference’ by having a positive
measurable societal impact in the areas of climate change, resource sustainability
and security of energy supply.

 

Tanya Harrington’s professional interests have focused on the areas of energy security,
climate change and natural resources policy. Over the last four and a half years,
she has acted as an advisor in two Government Departments (the Department of Transport&
the Department of Energy, Communications & Natural Resources) specifically in the
areas of energy policy and climate change.

 

“As Foundation Director, I will set out the strategic priorities for the NTR Foundation
across the three thematic areas of climate change, security of energy supply and
resource sustainability, identify the programmes to support and allocate and manage
those awards,” said Tanya Harrington, NTR Foundation Director.

 

“The Foundation will seek to harness and support innovation and will leverage NTR
business expertise to support entrepreneurial projects with the ambition to bring
such projects to scale.”

 

www.ntrplc.com

 

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