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Skillnet Ireland to invest €77m in supporting 20,000 companies and 80,000 workers

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<li class="spanHeading"><span>Exchange publishes Guidance on Climate Disclosures to facilitate TCFD-aligned reporting</span></li>
<li class="spanHeading"><span>Exchange also publishes analysis of IPO applicants’ corporate governance and ESG practice</span></li>
<li class="spanHeading"><span>Exchange will launch new ESG portal, a centralised ESG educational pla...

A new vision for Boston’s waterfront — and climate resiliency Jocelyn Forbush Boston has a long history of using parks to improve the everyday lives of its residents. The Emerald Necklace, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, was imagined as a “green ribbon” sprawl of open space providing an escape from what was then an increasingly industrial, polluted city. It was this idea of using parks as a means for public good and well-being that led to the founding of the Trustees ...

€10m fund to help Irish companies compete in a low-carbon future Image: © kurapy/Stock.adobe.com The Government’s new Climate Enterprise Action Fund will help companies reduce emissions and become more sustainable. A new €10m fund aims to help businesses across Ireland reduce their carbon emissions and adopt more sustainable practices. This Climate Enterprise Action Fund will be administered by Enterprise Ireland and will serve companies at various stages of climate preparedness. Tánais...

Most Irish business will undergo radical change as economy decarbonises - Harris Over 1,000 companies to be supported in five-year Climate Ready initiative about 4 hours ago Simon Harris acknowledged companies had already experienced ‘massive’ upheaval caused by Brexit and Covid-19. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins   Most Irish businesses will have to re-skill and undergo radical change in the coming decade to meet the climate change challenge as Ireland seeks to halve its carbon emissio...

Ministers Harris and Ryan launch ‘Climate Ready’ programme to prepare Irish businesses for climate change Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan TD have today launched Climate Ready, a five-year national climate initiative from Skillnet Ireland designed to equip businesses with the skills they need to respond to climate change.   Skillnet Ireland has partnered with C...

New five-year plan to help Irish businesses get Climate Ready Image: © artrachen/Stock.adobe.com Led by Skillnet Ireland, Climate Ready will train companies on reducing energy waste, expand the Water Stewardship programme and deliver online courses for staff. The Government’s latest commitment against the climate emergency is Climate Ready, a programme that will prepare Irish businesses for the impacts of climate change. Climate Ready was launched today (7 April) by Minister for Further and ...

How a pathway programme can help you pivot to a career in tech 2 hours ago51 Views Skillnet Ireland chief technologist Mark Jordan discusses the skills gaps that are starting to emerge in future tech industries and how pathway programmes can help us fill them. As technologies keep advancing, the need for people with the right skills to develop, manage and deliver these innovations grows too. Here in Ireland, there are more and more gaps emerging in future and advanced tech a...

Preparing for climate change will be “good for the bottom line”, businesses have been told. Skills and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris made the comments at the launch of the Climate Ready initiative, a new programme that will help to equip businesses with the skills they need to tackle climate change. The five-year climate initiative will see a 10 million euro investment to support an initial 1,000 businesses and 3,000 workers in 2021, expanding in each subsequent year. Today I annou...