The right woman for the job
How inclusive hiring can help heal the green skills gap
In the effort to tackle the complex barriers around finance, policy and technology that stand in the way of addressing the climate and biodiversity crises, there’s a blind spot when it comes to the most important one: people.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the growing gap between the jobs that are being created to deliver on the global sustainability agenda and the availability of workers to fill new roles.
In the October-November issue of The Ethical Corporation we look at how the green skills gap is playing out across different sectors and geographies, and efforts to rise to the challenge. In almost all cases, the need to recruit more women is a key focus.