Skillnet Climate Ready Academy

Part two of the Skillnet Climate Ready Academy series on "The Power of Upskilling: Evaluating the role of training in supporting Irish Enterprises to be climate resilient” is now live. The article “Analysing Sustainability Materiality Assessments of Irish Enterprise” conducts a deep dive into 100+ materiality assessments completed during the Sustainability Leaders Programme over a 2-year period. Findings suggest decarbonisation and reducing reliance on raw materials are of major material concern for Irish enterprise. Meanwhile we also see alignment with social dimensions also emerging as a strong topic for organisations to address in resilience planning. This article provides insights on the following topics: Sustainability Materiality Assessments  Analysis of Areas of Material Concern for Irish Enterprise   Alignment between Materiality Assessments and the Sustainable Development Goals. A link to the first article is in the series is provided in the comments below and the third part in the series which analyses sustainable business drivers and actions plans for business will follow next week. https://lnkd.in/eETAEBej

We are delighted to partner with Enterprise Ireland and other strategic organisations in Ireland to help Irish businesses develop key skill sets and capabilities to take action on sustainability. #euinmyregion See more below:

Hope is linked to upskilling, adding capabilities, training and learning more about sustainability. It's what we do, here's our director Maria Kelly at the ESG Summit last week.

The Power of Upskilling: Evaluating the role of training in supporting Irish Enterprises to be climate resilient Part 1 of 4 - Assessing Irish Enterprise Engagement in Climate Action. This blog is the first in a four-part series analysing how Irish Enterprise is responding to the challenge of planning for a climate-resilient future. The entire series is based on a study of 106 sustainability action plans created mainly by large and medium-sized organisations who participated in Skillnet Climate Ready Academy’s Sustainability Leaders Programme (SLP) between 2022-2023. SLP uses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework to help businesses develop a sustainability action plan. Thanks to Aisling O'Connor and the research team Skillnet Climate Ready Academy and our colleagues Skillnet Ireland and 20FIFTY PARTNERS for all their support on the research quoted. Also thanks to our participant companies from all over Ireland across multiple industries. You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/eNbVhDgW

The passion and the veracity of speakers and audiences at the ESG Summit in Dublin reflects the urgency of the need to upskill to make our businesses climate ready. Our Director Maria Kelly was among the speakers at the event that pointed out the capabilities and leadership skills required to drive sustainability in Ireland today. Maria's presentation on research done by the Skillnet Climate Ready Academy focussed on overcoming a natural tendancy to take a short term view to change our ability to overcome challenges. She also spoke about the need and the recognition of transversal skills to deal with the climate and sustainability question going forward. Skills and abilities required by businesses that are the focus of programmes such as the Sustainability Leaders Program among others.

Exciting discussions happening at ESG Summit this morning with plenty of focus on the burning issues of climate change and sustainability. We are here also if you or your company would like to know more about our programmes or in house tailored courses on sustainability for Irish businesses. Come and say hi! Don’t forget to join Stream 2 : Net Zero and hear our Director Maria Kelly speak about our research in capabilities required to lead businesses on the sustainability journey. #sustainability #climateready #esgsummit

We will be live at the ESG Autumn Summit on November 20th, at Croke Park, Dublin. Maria Kelly, Director of the Skillnet Climate Ready Academy will be there speaking on the day. Maria will be presenting some recent research done by the Academy with academic partners around skill set development, upskilling and capability prioritisation in sustainability in Ireland today. We are also exhibiting and contributing to Stream 2: Leading the Net Zero Transformation. Please do feel free to come by our stand and say hello. Stream 2 will include several fascinating presentations, including Sarah Blake from Earthology, Maria Kelly from Skillnet Climate Ready Academy, Michael Rice of Glenveagh Properties plc, Caroline Ashe Brady, Caroline Geoghegan, Laura Mora Mora, Aisling Ryan, Audrey O'Shea of Tirlán and Madeleine Murray of Change by Degrees among others. The summit will review the latest ESG trends, why they are important and what your company should look out for going into 2025 and beyond. The event will showcase cutting-edge technologies and share real-world best practices and game-changing strategies to empower attendees to create a reliable, data-driven foundation for achieving ESG goals!   Book your ticket here – https://lnkd.in/eUTAxX8s   View the ESG Autumn Summit agenda – https://lnkd.in/eyXSXMQA

COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key Leaders in technology and the environment at COP29 in Baku endorsed on Saturday a declaration pledging to use digital technologies to accelerate climate action while reducing the carbon and pollution footprints of tech manufacturing and tackling the growing problem of e-waste. This is just one of the topics in our Sustainability Leaders Programme. If you or your business would like to know more about introducing the topic of Sustainability to give your business a keen edge for the future look at our programmes here: www.climatereadyacademy.ie Photo: UNFCCC/Kamran Guliyev On the first-ever Digitalisation Dayfor a UN climate conference, COP29 in Baku held a roundtable Green Digital Action. Pictured onscreen is ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin.

COP 29 needs to find $1 Trillion a year for poorer countries or pay more later, the most recent news from COP 29 declares today November 15th.  The need to pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later was a bitter pill to be swallowed by delegates in Baku. Finance and money is at the core of the COP 29 talks which hopes to create a speedy path to climate stability. A group of 10 richer countries have agreed to ramp up their climate finance by 60% to $120 billion a year by 2030 but the latest report says more is needed and sooner. A push to create some funds for climate change by taxing polluting sectors such as aviation, fossil fuels and shipping received a boost as more countries said they would consider it.

COP 29 is continuing in Baku and we are seeing some very strong comments on climate change, the global impact and sustainability coming down the track. There is no doubt that the pressure is on to reach consensus.