Industry: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 11th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Berridge on 15 October (HL8661), what are the names of the employers in the 'green economy' whom they are working with to design and deliver policies and programmes.


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Baroness Berridge
This question was answered on 25th November 2020

Employer engagement is key to our work in helping shape future policies and programmes. The new Green Jobs Taskforce which was launched on 12 November has been set up to help the UK build back greener and deliver the skilled workforce needed to reach net zero emissions by 2050. This is a joint initiative between the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the Department for Education.

Working with employers and relevant stakeholders, the Taskforce will develop an action plan to support 2 million good quality, green jobs and the skills needed by 2030, and so support the UK to transition to a net zero economy and deliver a green recovery.

Two of the key aims of the Taskforce are to identify the skills needed to deliver near-term green recovery projects and build a pipeline of talent for the net zero workforce.

Taskforce members will represent views of businesses, employees and the skills sector. Involvement in this work will not be limited only to Taskforce members, and there will be opportunities for a wider set of stakeholders to contribute.

Details of the Taskforce including a full list of members can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-launches-taskforce-to-support-drive-for-2-million-green-jobs-by-2030.

Alongside this, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is convening a Green Apprenticeships Advisory Panel to guide the Institute in encouraging employers involved in trailblazer groups (that agree the knowledge, skills and behaviours to be required for individual apprenticeships) to align apprenticeships to net zero and wider sustainability objectives. The panel will include a range of employers with a strong footprint in the green economy. It will identify where existing apprenticeships can directly support skills for green jobs, and where there might be potential to go further or faster.

The panel will also crucially identify potential gaps where there is an opportunity to create new green apprenticeships and identify employers who may wish to take forward this work. The Institute is also developing guidance to encourage employers to include sustainable knowledge, skills and behaviours across all apprenticeships whether being newly created or going through the review process.

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