Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion
Mr Ken Stockil:
I will comment very briefly. To give the Deputy a sense of a particular example of the kind of engagements we have through the Climate Ready Academy with an organisation like the CIÉ Group, we have been working with it for approximately 18 months now to roll out a comprehensive transformational talent development programme across the organisations involved including workforce development, with every employee being trained up on the fundamentals of sustainability throughout the organisation, to the establishment of a number of leaders in sustainability, decarbonisation, water stewardship and biodiversity across that organisation. It is, therefore, a holistic approach to that particular organisation. That is part of what the Climate Ready Academy seeks to do with those types of organisations.