Transcript Social exclusion/inclusion and VET and higher education

Sue North
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GHK The Impacts of Climate Change on European
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World Watch Institute Green Jobs: Towards Decent
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Cedefop Future skill needs for the green economy
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Aldersgate Group Mind the Gap: Skills for the
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ARIES Sustainability in Supply Chains: Using
Employment and Skills in the Short to MediumTerm: Company Case Studies
Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World
transition to a low carbon economy
systems thinking to work towards sustainability in
corporations and their supply chains
Leadership
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Engaging early with policy processes
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Raising staff awareness
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Providing staff with skills and training
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Engaging with supply chains
Education
• Impact of climate change
• Legislation and regulation
• Impact on the business of the firm
• Bottom line: improvement in energy
efficiency
 Education
(cont)
• Up-skilling & generic skills training
• A learning-based approach
 Marketing
and communication
 Multi-level
solutions
 ‘Green
jobs’ is not a useful label
 Change
needs to be firm-based, and
firm-led
 There
needs to be a polycentric
approach
 Governments
carbon price
need to introduce a