November 14, 2024
This JFFLabs market scan is a guide for investors and policymakers who are looking to back workforce solutions that support the growth of the green economy and provide workers with quality jobs.
Facing an existential environmental threat, we have a responsibility to take immediate action to mitigate the impact of climate change. Fulfilling that responsibility will also present an unprecedented economic opportunity.
Developing and implementing climate technologies and building a green economy will create millions of new jobs, opening up new pathways to economic advancement for millions of workers, while billions of dollars in public funding and private investments will be available to catalyze, accelerate, and scale these efforts.
With support from the Ares Charitable Foundation, JFFLabs, the innovation lab of Jobs for the Future (JFF), mapped the landscape of programs specifically designed to train new and incumbent workers for green jobs. This market scan is a guide for investors and policymakers who are looking to back innovative workforce solutions that can support the growth of the green economy and provide workers with opportunities to develop skills that will put them on pathways to quality jobs in that economy.
This guide highlights the work of innovative providers of training programs and developers of tech platforms that are not only helping people develop in-demand green skills but also opening pathways to well-paid careers for members of populations that have long faced barriers to quality jobs and residents of communities that have been most impacted by climate change.
CREST is a five-year, $25 million career preparation and reskilling initiative of the Ares Charitable Foundation (the Ares Foundation) that aims to help close the gap between the demand for a skilled workforce for green jobs and the number of people prepared for these opportunities. Working with our partners and local communities, the Ares Foundation can deepen our impact, harness new opportunities, and help create a green, resilient future that benefits generations to come.
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