Just 3% of companies in world's top business hubs have green skills needed to transition

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Results from a new Economist Impact survey show that just a fraction (2.7%) of senior executives located in the world's business capitals – Berlin, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo – believe their organisations have sufficient levels of green skills. Yet nearly all (95.7%) of those surveyed expect green skills to become the most important skill workforces possess in the next five years. Government action is considered as the most influential driver of companies to recruit workers with more green skills, but the level of investment required, lack of clarity around the definition of green skills, and lack of endorsement from corporate leadership are ranked as top challenges to doing so.Research shows the shortage of workers needed for the green transition will rise to seven million workers by 2030 if this deficit is not addressed, complicating the route to achieving corporate sustainability goals. View original content:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/just-3-of-companies-in-worlds-top-business-hubs-have-green-skills-needed-to-transition-302048589.html