Skills gap

Study: Water sector faces 'urgent skills gap' with 43,700 new workers needed by 2030

Skills

Study: Water sector faces 'urgent skills gap' with 43,700 new workers needed by 2030

Workforce 2030: The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) warns major effort required to attract, develop, and retain new workers needed in Britain's water sector

clock 29 October 2025 • 4 min read
Pensions giant calls for better promotion of green jobs to older workers

Skills

Pensions giant calls for better promotion of green jobs to older workers

Phoenix Group argues looming skills gap could be addressed by helping workers who are over 50 navigate the opportunities offered by green industries

clock 12 November 2024 • 3 min read
LinkedIn: Green skills gap putting Labour's 'clean energy superpower' vision at risk

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LinkedIn: Green skills gap putting Labour's 'clean energy superpower' vision at risk

Half of UK workers do not have access to training for greener roles despite sustainability hiring boom, LinkedIn data finds

clock 24 July 2024 • 4 min read
There is a green skills gap looming - but we can bridge the divide

Skills

There is a green skills gap looming - but we can bridge the divide

The fastest growing sectors demanding green skills are not those traditionally associated with sustainability, writes IEMA's Sarah Mukherjee

clock 22 April 2024 • 3 min read
The UK needs an army of 'retrofit technicians' to reach net zero

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The UK needs an army of 'retrofit technicians' to reach net zero

Ministers must urgently address a growing green skills chasm in the home retrofit sector that threatens to derail the UK’s decarbonisation agenda, argues the CSE's Ian Preston

clock 24 June 2022 • 3 min read