PwC: Plugging 'green skills gap' key to building world's first net zero-aligned financial centre

Stuart Stone
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PwC report reveals UK is facing 17,000 green finance vacancies, undermining efforts to meet net zero goals

The UK financial services sector faces a widening green skills gap and is not moving fast enough to close it, according to data from PwC's latest Green Jobs Barometer. Published today in partnership...

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