That the Parliament welcomes the launch of the Highland CIC manifesto, Power, Place and Prosperity, which was published in March 2026; commends the Highland Renewables network of over 45 Highland businesses, local leaders and community groups for getting together and estabishing a unified regional strategy to ensure that massive green energy investments deliver tangible community wealth; believes that this unity demonstrates that a coordinated approach can be achieved and can deliver for communities more effectively than what it sees as the current, fragmented approach; considers that it is a scandal for local families to face acute fuel poverty and rural depopulation while living in an energy-rich region hosting globally significant renewable developments; endorses the manifesto’s insistence that economic policy must prioritise people by directly funding genuinely affordable local housing, key worker retention and community-led climate action, and calls on the Scottish Government, local authorities and developers to join together and fully support the Highland CIC framework, taking this opportunity to ensure that the wealth generated by the Highlands' natural resources stays in the Highlands and build a fairer, more self-sufficient and socially just wellbeing economy.
Supported by: Mark Ruskell, Paul Sweeney