SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES
Implications for employers, workers and policymakers For employers, the data sends a clear message: green skills are now synonymous with high‐value capabilities that drive efficiency, innovation and risk management, not a CSR add‐on. Companies highlighted in the report – from Fortescue and Schneider Electric to Octopus Energy Services, Natura and Trane Technologies – are investing heavily in apprenticeships, modular academies and skills‐based hiring models to build green capabilities at scale, often using those programmes to reach under‐represented groups and widen access to quality jobs. For workers, the green premium in hiring rates and the spread of green skills into mainstream roles suggest that adding even one climate‐relevant skill can materially improve career resilience and mobility. And for policymakers, LinkedIn’ s analysis reinforces that climate and energy strategies must be treated as workforce strategies too – integrating training, labour data and public‐private partnerships to ensure the skills transition matches the speed and scale of the green transition itself.
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