Environmental Transition: Key strategies for addressing the skills challenge
Written by Valentina Zajackowski
As climate change increasingly disrupts operations, supply chains and business models, the question is no longer whether organisations must transform, but how. Beyond technical or economic considerations, the ecological transition represents a fundamentally human challenge. In this context, companies are called upon to reimagine roles, develop new competencies, and recruit and retain committed talent.
Concrete, quantified challenges
- Green job adverts in the UK increased by 9.2% in 2024, totalling 272,178 roles
- UK employment in green jobs reached 690,900 full-time equivalents in 2023, a 34.6% increase since 2015
- By 2030, the UK could create as many as 700,000 direct green jobs, rising to over 1 million by 2050.Yet the UK faces a green skills gap of approximately 200,000 workers by 2030, particularly in energy, construction and retrofit sectors
With their challenges in mind, We have created with Page Group a new white paper to support and empower them on this journey ” HR & Environmental Transition: Key strategies for addressing the skills challenge”
Enriched with concrete examples and operational tools, this guide offers a clear framework for HR directors and managers to support skills transformation in the context of ecological transition.
It also proposes a new roadmap for identifying skills needs, structuring training programmes, and adapting recruitment to new environmental challenges.
Structured content for rapid implementation
This publication offers a five-step method for structuring your Green HR strategy: defining a strategic direction, classifying needs, diagnosing existing resources, building tailored development pathways, then measuring and adjusting action. Finance, marketing, R&D, supply chain… all functions are concerned and must be scrutinised to understand the technical and behavioural competencies essential for engaging with and succeeding in ecological transition.
It also explores training approaches to activate: from simple awareness modules to comprehensive reskilling programmes and addresses HR levers for recruiting differently, retaining engaged talent, and aligning performance with sustainability.
Discover the white paper now and download it to gain actionable insights and practical guidance.
