Skills
'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
WSP to halve carbon footprint of engineering designs and advice by 2030
Pledge hailed as first for consultancy sector will see firm invest in skills, R&D and innovation to drive greener designs and advisory services, it said
Net Zero: RenewableUK launches Member Values Charter
Trade body's members underscore commitment to climate action and job creation
Green jobs: LSE researchers make case for labour-intensive low carbon recovery
UK should take immediate steps to boost green innovation and production capabilities in anticipation of growing demand for more environmentally responsible technologies, academics advise
Skills provision: Tackling the missing link in the UK's clean growth ambitions
The government urgently needs to tackle the low carbon skills deficit if the UK is to put itself on track for net zero emissions, writes the Aldersgate Group's Nick Molho
Glaring skills gap risks undermining green recovery, businesses warn
Aldersgate Group urges government to address low carbon skills deficit as a 'national priority' or risk seeing net zero transition derailed
Energy-saving, plant-eating, and green body paint: The Sun launches Green Team campaign
Major new Count Us In campaign signs up influential tabloid as it seeks to engage one billion people with climate action
Net Zero Skills Summit: Last chance to register
Anyone interested in getting a green job or recruiting a green workforce should register now for the UK's first Net Zero Skills Summit, which takes place on Monday morning
National Grid launches scheme to bring disadvantaged pupils into the net zero workforce
Initiative aims to help disadvantaged pupils from south London meet the growing demand for skilled workers that is being created by the net zero transition
Octopus Energy to create 1,000 clean tech jobs and new tech hub
Clean energy technology firm touts plans to double its workforce by the end of 2021 and make the UK the 'Silicon Valley of energy'
IRENA: Renewable energy generates half a million new jobs worldwide in 2019
As many as 11.5 million people now work in renewable energy worldwide, but IRENA warns strong policy action essential to sustain growth in the wake of Covid-19
Is hydrogen the silver bullet for decarbonising gas networks?
National Grid's long term strategy manager, Danielle Stewart, discusses the role for hydrogen as the UK gas grid plots its path to net zero over the coming decades
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