The hard-hitting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that the US clean energy industry reached the end of 2020 with the fewest number of workers employed in the sector since 2015 and a decline in jobs compared to the previous year.
About 16,900 jobs were added in December by US clean energy businesses, leaving more than 429,000 (12 percent of the sector’s pre-COVID-19 workforce) still unemployed, according to the latest analysis of federal unemployment filings prepared for E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), E4TheFuture and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) by BW Research Partnership.
Ten months after the nationwide unemployment crisis began, 70 percent of the jobs lost in the clean energy sector have yet to be recovered, according to the monthly report. At the rate of recovery since June, it would take about two and a half years for the clean energy sector to reach pre-COVID employment levels. It would take an additional year to reach the levels of clean energ
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Amanda Cimaglia joins The AZEK Company as Vice President Leading the ESG Function
January 6, 2021 GMT
CHICAGO (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 6, 2021
The AZEK Company Inc. (NYSE: AZEK) (“AZEK” or the “Company”), an industry-leading manufacturer of beautiful, low-maintenance and sustainable residential and commercial building products, has named Amanda Cimaglia as Vice President leading the Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) function at the Company.
In this role, Cimaglia will be responsible for continuing to drive the company-wide ESG strategy and initiative, as well as aligning AZEK reporting activities with industry standards. Cimaglia will also be assisting the Investor Relations (“IR”) team in implementing a comprehensive ESG/IR strategy and strengthening stakeholder engagement.
ACORE Names 2021 Class of New and Returning Board Members
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Executives from ENGIE North America and Energy Works LLC Join ACORE Board to Accelerate the U.S. Transition to Renewable Power WASHINGTON (PRWEB) January 06, 2021 The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy, today announced its new Board class for 2021.
ACORE welcomes two new Board members: Laura Beane, Chief Renewables Officer at ENGIE North America; and Rose McKinney-James, Managing Principal of Energy Works LLC, McKinney-James & Associates and Advocacy BL/ACK.
In addition, the following current Board members were elected or appointed to new three-year terms: Mit Buchanan, Managing Director of Energy Investments, J.P. Morgan; Pat Reiten, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Energy; a
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Michigan is struggling to bring back clean energy jobs. That sector has lost more than 22,000 jobs in the state since the pandemic began.
November numbers show Michigan regained only 215 clean energy jobs.
The entire sector across the country has taken a hit because of the pandemic.
“Well, what s been happening nationally is reflected in Michigan and maybe, unfortunately, maybe even a little worse. Michigan has regained like less than 1% of the clean energy jobs lost to the COVID-19,” said Greg Wetstone CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy.
About 17% of the clean energy workforce in Michigan is still unemployed.