Skills
The UK's dire green skills shortage must be tackled
Ahead of COP26 the government must seize the chance to place green jobs - particularly in home retrofitting - front and centre of its climate pitch, writes Ashden CEO Harriet Lamb
'Denial and delusion': Green groups slam government refusal to rule out new North Sea oil and gas exploration
But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions
Retrofitting green skills
Mapping the UK's skills gaps against occupations that will likely see a contraction in demand in coming years could help identify new talent to support the green industrial revolution, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer
Reports: PM pushing for domestic insulation programme to succeed embattled Green Homes Grant
Bloomberg reports discussions about a new domestic insulation programme are underway in the top echelons of government as fresh research highlights low-carbon home retrofits could generate hundreds of thousands of jobs
CO2nstruct Zero: UK building industry eyes 250,000 green jobs on journey to net zero
New initiative from the Construction Leadership Council touts opportunity to attract £36bn of private investment in delivering net zero buildings and construction supply chain in UK
How MBA courses can promote sustainability
Equipping future business leaders to effectively promote sustainability on a par to their pursuit of profits should be a key concern for all business schools, writes UCL MBA Professor Paolo Taticchi
Study shows net zero transition to affect over six million jobs, as criticism grows of Budget's 'climate failure'
Just Transition Jobs Tracker details how around one in five UK jobs are likely to be affected either positively or negatively by the net zero transition, further cranking up pressure on government to deliver coherent transition plan
Global Wind Organisation trained workforce passes 100,000 mark
Number of workers trained by international renewables body surges 12 per cent in the past year, as demand for wind technicians continues to grow
Boost pandemic recovery with 250,000 green apprenticeships, Friends of the Earth urges
Research argues over £10bn of funding for a massive programme of green apprenticeships would boost jobs and prospects for younger people in the UK
'Large and persistent skills gaps': Construction bodies urge Chancellor for green skills support
Construction industry leaders warn gap in green building skills threatens to undermine the UK's net zero transition
'Matter of urgency': Industry groups urge Ministers to 'fix' Green Homes Grant Scheme
Latest calls come as government launches subsidised training for green retrofit installations and latest data confirms on-going administrative challenges
'Call to action': Are Business Schools failing the climate?
A major new global study suggests Business Schools are more engaged than ever before with the sustainability agenda, but are they doing enough to prepare their students for the decades ahead?
Drax launches green skills drive to 'boost social mobility for one million people'
Energy firm joins Social Mobility Pledge led by former education secretary Justine Greening in bid to help plug green skills gap and support disadvantaged communities
Poll: Renewables workers 'unfazed' by Covid-19 impact on industry
Survey of energy professionals worldwide points to strong confidence in the future resilience of the fast-expanding renewables sector
Closing the climate skills gap among investment professionals
How investment professionals contribute to the net zero transition can recast the way that society sees and appreciates finance's role in society, argues CFA UK chief executive Will Goodhart
'Getting to Zero': New commission to explore how to manage threat to carbon intensive jobs
Analysis highlights how net zero transition could impact 10 million jobs in carbon intensive industries
The impacts of 2020 that could ripple for years to come
'Stay at home' - those three simple words that sum up 2020 have had a huge impact, the complexity of which will take years to unravel, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer
'Net Zero Deal': UK and Scotland urged to work together to help keep North Sea oil and gas in the ground
The UK must deliver a managed transition for the North Sea oil and gas industry that curbs production but maintains employment opportunities, a new IPPR report argues
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Clare Shine as new director
Former barrister, journalist, and sustainable development consultant to take over the reins at influential green business institute from departing director Dame Polly Courtice
Prince Charles urges firms to appoint 'suitably empowered' chief sustainability officers
Prince of Wales argues board-level chief sustainability officers are 'increasingly central to market competitiveness'
IPPR: Decarbonising homes in North England could deliver £3.85bn boost
Green home upgrades in the region could create hundreds of thousands of jobs and drive down emissions, think tank estimates
The wind industry needs a great leap forward for worker skills
Digital technologies have been crucial to the wind industry's success, but far more also needs investing in worker skills, argues ARMSA Consulting's Rakesh Maharaj
'A trillion-dollar problem': Major survey highlights dearth of green skills at companies worldwide
Poll of 500 executives also points to growing dissatisfaction of corporate climate efforts among company staff
Government targets two million new UK green jobs by 2030
Green Jobs Taskforce launched with remit to deliver long-term plan to help fill glaring gap in skills needed to build the net zero economy
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