IEMA’s Fellows, who are global sustainability decision makers in academia, business and the public sector around the world, have collaborated to write a position statement which provides the foundation for a green recovery. They point out that there are many achievable ways to make it simpler and easier for green jobs to become the central plank of the nation’s recovery, including:
- Making government support for industry contingent on ambitious targets to achieve net zero carbon,
- Supporting green finance initiatives to care for pounds, people and planet,
- Prioritising the retraining of workers in sunset industries towards jobs of the future to ensure a just transition, and
- Encouraging flexible and mixed-use buildings when regenerating town centres, to increase resilience to future shocks and transitions
IEMA’s Chief Executive, Sarah Mukherjee, said:
“COVID-19 has taken a terrible toll, in terms of human life and business. But it has also shown us how the public and private sectors can collaborate – for example on vaccines or ventilators – at a speed we would previously have thought unimaginable. We have an opportunity to create jobs and wealth, support retraining and reduce inequality. As a person of colour, I am all too well aware that the environment sector needs to work hard to better reflect modern Britain. We at IEMA will be playing our part.”
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Posted on 8th July 2020
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