Carbon Training International

Never before has there been so much focus on the workforce training needs to support Australia’s labour market as there is today. Everyone from government through to industry groups & unions is examining the types of skills & competencies that need to be created to support industry growth, protect jobs and ensure that Australia remains internationally competitive. The economic crisis together with the need for low carbon business systems have made the labour market responses even more challenging - or has it? 

As economic and business fundamentals are transformed through policies focused on significantly lowering carbon emissions, understanding exactly what mix of skills is required to respond and adapt to a low carbon economy will be critical. What new roles are likely to emerge and evolve and in which industries; what competencies will be required to support them? How will organisations go about training an entire workforce that is competent and has the capacity to manage carbon risks and seize new business opportunities that will enable to organisations to thrive? What training programs are available and how does an organisation get the most out of them? Is the training enough or should the organisation look to other enabling systems and processes to facilitate the change to low carbon?

With the arrival of the low carbon economy organisations need to begin managing a new set of KPI’s relating tothe embedded emissions within their value chain.

Carbon productivity - carbon emissions as a function of business output/revenue - is one such KPI that organisations will need to effectively performance manage.

Improving your carbon productivity requires an examination of every operational activity of your business to determine relative carbon emissions in individual processes and putting in place new or improved business practices to reduce these emissions whilst simultaneously looking for opportunities to improve the organisations outputs along the entire value chain.

In the wake of the recent turmoil in the global economy, it is critical to rebuild prosperity in the most efficient and sustainable way possible.

In the carbon constrained world of the 21st century a workforce that has the knowledge, skills and competencies to efficiently recognise and manage carbon exposure will have a big advantage over competitors. Organisations which are prepared will be positioned to harvest market opportunities and manage the risks that will flow from implementation of government policies, supporting legislation and changed business practices.