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The UK's dire green skills shortage must be tackled
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

  • Buildings
  • 08 April 2021
'Denial and delusion': Green groups slam government refusal to rule out new North Sea oil and gas exploration
'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

  • Infrastructure
  • 24 March 2021
Retrofitting green skills
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

  • Skills
  • 19 March 2021
Reports: PM pushing for domestic insulation programme to succeed embattled Green Homes Grant
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

  • Buildings
  • 15 March 2021
CO2nstruct Zero: UK building industry eyes 250,000 green jobs on journey to net zero
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

  • Buildings
  • 12 March 2021
How MBA courses can promote sustainability
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

  • Management
  • 09 March 2021
Study shows net zero transition to affect over six million jobs, as criticism grows of Budget's 'climate failure'
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

  • Policy
  • 05 March 2021
Global Wind Organisation trained workforce passes 100,000 mark
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

  • Wind
  • 03 March 2021
Boost pandemic recovery with 250,000 green apprenticeships, Friends of the Earth urges
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

  • Work
  • 02 March 2021
'Large and persistent skills gaps': Construction bodies urge Chancellor for green skills support
'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

  • Skills
  • 23 February 2021
'Matter of urgency': Industry groups urge Ministers to 'fix' Green Homes Grant Scheme
'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

  • Buildings
  • 18 February 2021
'Call to action': Are Business Schools failing the climate?
'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?

  • Management
  • 21 January 2021
Drax launches green skills drive to 'boost social mobility for one million people'
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

  • Skills
  • 15 January 2021
Poll: Renewables workers 'unfazed' by Covid-19 impact on industry
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

  • Workplace
  • 12 January 2021
Closing the climate skills gap among investment professionals
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

  • Skills
  • 07 January 2021
'Getting to Zero': New commission to explore how to manage threat to carbon intensive jobs
'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

  • Politics
  • 05 January 2021
The impacts of 2020 that could ripple for years to come
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

  • Infrastructure
  • 30 December 2020
'Net Zero Deal': UK and Scotland urged to work together to help keep North Sea oil and gas in the ground
'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

  • Work
  • 03 December 2020
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Clare Shine as new director
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

  • Skills
  • 23 November 2020
Prince Charles urges firms to appoint 'suitably empowered' chief sustainability officers
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'

  • Management
  • 20 November 2020
IPPR: Decarbonising homes in North England could deliver £3.85bn boost
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

  • Infrastructure
  • 17 November 2020
The wind industry needs a great leap forward for worker skills
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

  • Skills
  • 16 November 2020
'A trillion-dollar problem': Major survey highlights dearth of green skills at companies worldwide
'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

  • Skills
  • 16 November 2020
Government targets two million new UK green jobs by 2030
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

  • Skills
  • 12 November 2020
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