Foreword

Aiyana Bodi and Drew Wilkinson

Chapter 1: Introduction and Analytical Framing

Karen Cripps and Candy Ho

Chapter 2: Guide to chapters

Section 1: Emissions Reductions

Chapter 3: From Power Cuts to Power Systems: How Green Skills are Shaping the Workforce of the Future

Edwin Ehiorobo

Chapter 4: Scaling Workforce Skills for Emissions Reduction in Nigeria: A Functional Approach

Georgina Erfieta

Chapter 5: Reuse at Work: Emissions Reduction, Workforce Skills, and Environmental Justice in Thrift (Charity shop) Infrastructures

Sadaf Taimur, Chantal Martineau and Gwynna Vascotto

Section 2: Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration

Chapter 6: The Critical Role of Internal Marketing Communication in Driving Collaboration and Change

Gemma Butler, Michelle Carvill and Richard Howarth

Chapter 7: Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy: A Global Marketing and Insight Consultancy Experience

Jonathan Arthurs

Chapter 8: The Most Undervalued Catalyst for Change

Prasad Gollakota

Section 3: Products, Partnerships and Procurement

Chapter 9: Skills for Partnership Building and Supply Chain Engagement from the Uk Green Energy Sector

Kate McGeogh

Chapter 10: Regional Chamber Partnerships to Advance the Green Upskilling of Small and Medium Enterprises in Germany

Claudia Achentangen, Leona Achentangen and Claudius Audick

Section 4: Investments and Financing

Chapter 11: Bridging Skills and Sustainability: Workforce Capabilities for Paris Agreement Alignment in Nordic Banking

Dennis Martin Tolley Olsson and Nicole Lyhne Hornstrup

Chapter 12: Transformative and Transferable Skills for Nature Positive: Changing Organisational Financial Cultures

Megan Simpson, Alessandra Zannier, Sylvia Ascher and Martina Sole

Chapter 13: Bridging the Green Skills Gap: A Framework for Developing Sustainability Capabilities in Finance

Henry White

Section 5: Climate Disclosures

Chapter 14: Human Skills and Job Role Design for Climate Reporting: Insights from India

Arpit Sharma and Amit Singh Khokhar

Chapter 15: Skills for the Disclosure of Climate-Related Information: Insights from Austria

Stephanie Weniger

Section 6: Climate Policy Advocacy

Chapter 16: Why Influence is a Transformative Green Skill

Deborah McNamara and Jennifer Allyn

Chapter 17: Climate Policy Advocacy Through Village-Owned Enterprises in Indonesia

Zaenul Muttaqin, Rohim and Sukron Makmum

Section 7: Business Model Transformation

Chapter 18: Green Skills in Non-Specialist Roles: Upskilling to Support Business Transformation

Martin Baxter

Chapter 19: Management and Leadership Skills for a Green Workforce Transition

David Jones

Chapter 20: Green Skills in Middle East Workplaces: Coping with Emotions, Coalition Building and Systems Thinking

Omneya Omar

Section 8: Long-term Thinking

Chapter 21: Case Studies on Long Term Thinking

Case 1: Redefining Climate Accountability in the Digital Age

Holly Alpine

Case 2: Drawing on Ancestral Wisdom for Long-Term Climate Stewardship:
Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Mexico

Francisco Javier Alvarez-Torres, Gabriela Lopez and Mayra Morales-Tirado

Case 3: How Indonesian Hotels Harness Skills for Long-Term Thinking

Achlan Fahlevi Royalnow, Freddy May Boby Samaloisa and Putri Rizkiyah

Case 4: Greening the Recovery: Long-term thinking in Ukraine’s War-affected Business Landscape

Daryna Dvornichenko

Case 5: Aligning Culture and Strategy for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Japan

Rie Takanuma

Case 6: Long-Term Thinking across Leadership Hierarchies in The Czech Republic

Marketa Svobodova

Case 7: Building Bridges to the Future: Long-Term Thinking from Classical Chinese Wisdom to Ecological Civilisation

Binbin Wang, Jin Xu, Holly Huo and Jinting Li

Chapter 22: Conclusion

Candy Ho and Karen Cripps