Dyfarnu Doethuriaeth er Anrhydedd i Sara Clancy

Is-Ganghellor Prifysgol Aberystwyth, Yr Athro Jon Timmis gyda Sara Clancy

Mae'r eiriolwr busnes cynaliadwy Sara Clancy wedi derbyn Doethuriaeth er  Anrhydedd gan Brifysgol Aberystwyth.

Mae Clancy wedi gweithio ym maes busnes cyfrifol a chynaliadwy ers dros 25 mlynedd, gyda brwdfrydedd dros yr effaith gadarnhaol y gall busnesau ei chael ar wella amodau cymdeithasol, economaidd ac amgylcheddol gweithwyr a'u cymunedau mewn economïau sy'n datblygu, yn enwedig Affrica.

Mae hi wedi arwain rhaglenni ar gyfer y Grŵp Banc Gwaith, y Cenhedloedd Unedig, sefydliadau anllywodraethol a chwmnïau fel Levi's a'r Body Shop.

Ar hyn o bryd, mae'r cyn-fyfyrwraig Economeg o Brifysgol Aberystwyth yn cefnogi mwy na 1,000 o fusnesau rhyngwladol a chenedlaethol sy'n gweithredu yn Affrica i fabwysiadu arferion busnes cynaliadwy, gan gynnwys cyflenwyr tecstilau o Foroco, gwin o Dde Affrica, te o Kenya a choco o Ghana.

Cyflwynwyd Doethuriaeth er Anrhydedd i Sara Clancy gan Dr Patrick Finney, Dirprwy Is-Ganghellor: Cyfadran y Celfyddydau a'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ar 15 Gorffennaf.

Mae’r cyflwyniad llawn ar gael isod, yn yr iaith y’i traddodwyd.

Ganghellor, Is-Ganghellor, graddedigion, gyfeillion.  Pleser o’r mwyaf yw cyflwyno Sara Clancy i dderbyn gradd Doethur er Anrhydedd, Prifysgol Aberystwyth.

Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, graduates and supporters.  It is an honour and a privilege to present Sara Clancy with an Honorary Doctorate of Aberystwyth University.

Sara studied Economics at Aberystwyth in the 1980s and on her graduation went as a volunteer to help build a library and nursery school in The Gambia. This was the beginning of a long career fired by a passion for the improvement of the social, environmental and economic conditions of workers and their communities in emerging economies, especially in Africa.

For over thirty years, Sara has advised on, managed and monitored development programmes across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, aimed at transforming the lives of children, workers and producers, through the promotion of ethical and sustainable practices in business, trade, manufacturing and banking.

She has worked with governments, the United Nations, the World Bank, Save the Children, Oxfam, and many other global organisations in numerous countries, including Vietnam, Tanzania, The Gambia, Nepal, Afghanistan, India, Uzbekistan, Mozambique and Kurdistan.

Sara has been a prolific author of practical and influential guides for many global organisations. As an experienced social auditor for SEDEX  - the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange -  she co-authored its audit tool kit guides for sustainable and ethical supply chains; for the IFC  - the International Finance Corporation -  she co-authored guides to sustainable mining and sustainable agri-business in Africa; and for the United Nations, she prepared a guide to managing sustainable issues for the extractive and food processing industries in Vietnam.

Sarah has also worked directly with leading multinational companies, including Levi Strauss and The Body Shop, advising on human rights, responsible sourcing of materials and modern slavery, and providing guidance on how to ensure ethical working conditions in their supply chains.

Sara is currently the Executive Director of the non-governmental organisation Partner Africa. Premised on United Nations human rights principles, Partner Africa’s mission is to improve the livelihoods of African workers and producers, assisting them to access international supply chains and to bridge the skills and standards gap between Africa and the international community. Typically, this involves working with those producers to assist them in adopting internationally recognised ethical business standards which both improves the living conditions of their workers and enables the producers to access European and other international markets.

Through Partner Africa Sara has supported over a thousand international and national businesses operating in Africa in their adoption of sustainable business practices including suppliers of textiles from Morocco, flowers from Ethiopia, wine from South Africa, tea from Kenya and cocoa from Ghana.

Sara was the first in her family to go to University and she has been a proud ambassador for Aber across the world ever since. Her story should be an inspiration to many an unsure young student feeling their way towards the daunting prospect of post-University life. She seized the opportunity that Aber offered her, and used it, not only to help others, but to help them to help themselves in a business-like, ethical and humane way.

Our new University strategy posits that our core purpose as an institution is to ‘change lives for the better’. Sara’s life was undoubtedly changed for the better by her time in Aber, and her career since has been dedicated to the truly noble endeavour of transforming the lives of many, many thousands of people in Africa and the wider world.

Ganghellor mae’n bleser gen i gyflwyno Sara Clancy i dderbyn gradd Doethur er Anrhydedd, Prifysgol Aberystwyth.

Chancellor, it is my absolute pleasure to present Sara Clancy with an Honorary Doctorate of Aberystwyth University.

Anrhydeddau Prifysgol Aberystwyth 2025

Bob blwyddyn, mae Prifysgol Aberystwyth yn dyfarnu Graddau er Anrhydedd i nifer fach o unigolion nodedig er mwyn cydnabod eu cyflawniad a’u cyfraniad rhagorol.

Dyma Gymrodyr er Anrhydedd 2025:

• Jamal Hassim: cyd-sylfaenydd a Phrif Swyddog Gweithredol Bolt Global, ymarferydd yn y cyfryngau ac arloeswr digidol blaenllaw.
• Elizabeth Treasure CBE: arweinydd addysg uwch a chyn Is-Ganghellor Prifysgol Aberystwyth.

Yn ogystal, bydd tri unigolyn yn derbyn Doethuriaeth er Anrhydedd i gydnabod llwyddiant eithriadol yn eu meysydd, sef:

• Sara Clancy: cefnogwr a hyrwyddwr ymarfer busnes cyfrifol a chynaliadwy yn Affrica.
• Rob McCallum FRGS: ffigwr o fri rhyngwladol ym meysydd archwilio’r dyfnforoedd, gwyddoniaeth ddyngarol a chadwraeth.   
• Linda Tomos CBE: Llyfrgellydd Cenedlaethol benywaidd cyntaf Cymru, a weithiodd am dros 50 mlynedd ym mhroffesiwn llyfrgellyddiaeth.

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