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

As 2024 comes to an end, take the time to explore some of our open roles if you are seeking a new challenge and want to become part of our team. We are looking for a Scheme Manager for the Skillnet Climate Ready Academy. https://lnkd.in/gQpR9QRw

2024 has been another year of growth and development at Skillnet Climate Ready Academy. We have scaled our impact helping hundreds of businesses prepare for the challenge of climate change by increasing their sustainability knowledge and skills and we look forward to collaborating and working with even more businesses in 2025.  Thank you to Skillnet Ireland for the continued collaboration and to our 20FIFTY Partners colleagues in making this happen.   Wishing all of our partners and friends a very happy Christmas and the very best for 2025! https://lnkd.in/evDvGxNR #sustainability #climateready #industry #ireland #enterprise #upskilling #skills

Part 4 of 4 – Realising sustainable impact through workforce development This article focuses on the effect upskilling has on the execution and impact of sustainability action plans across 106 organisations.  Our analysis of 106 action plans created by mainly large and medium sized organisations who participated in Skillnet Climate Ready Academy ‘s Sustainability Leaders Programme (SLP) between 2022 and 2023, is the last of a four-part series analysing how Irish Enterprise is responding to the challenge of delivering a climate resilient future. This article covers Short to Long Term focus: From leading The Team to a Team of Sustainability Leaders.  Incremental vs Transformative Actions to deliver sustainable impact Assessing Enterprise Sustainability Action using the UNSDG Framework #20FIFTYPartners #SkillnetIreland Read more Here : https://lnkd.in/ea2XUTzC You can find links to the other parts of the series in the comments below.

Part 3 of 4 – Analysing Sustainability Business Drivers and Actions Planned by Irish Enterprise This article on sustainability business drivers and actions is the third in a four-part series analysing how Irish Enterprise is responding to the challenge of delivering a climate resilient future. Our analysis of 106 Irish enterprise action plans identifies that 20% of sustainability actions within two key areas, 'responsible consumption and production' and 'climate action', focus on building competency capacity through knowledge sharing initiatives and training. You can learn more about the following topics in the series. ·      Corporate Risk Management & Sustainability Drivers ·      Analysis of Sustainability Business Driver Types ·      Analysis of Sustainability Business Drivers and SDG Alignment ·      Analysis of Sustainability Actions and SDG Alignment Read more Here : https://lnkd.in/eb4An6yB For further context to this article, read part 1 and part 2 of this series. Links in the comments below.

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 working with Skillnet Ireland and 20FIFTY Partners. #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