SOCIAL MOBILITY AND GREEN SKILLS

Drax has announced a target to boost social mobility for one million people by 2025, as part of its Opportunity Action Plan developed in partnership with the Social Mobility Pledge.
With the aim of improving skills, education, employability and opportunity this is an example of the transition to low carbon jobs and skills. As well as being essential to enable Net Zero targets to be met it provides a significant opportunity to offset jobs lost in the pandemic.
Procuring organisations have a significant role of course in enabling such opportunities, whether that is through the Social Value or Community Benefits agenda or a specific focus on Climate and Procurement. Collaboration within and between public and private sector buyers and suppliers is increasingly important if these opportunities are to be realised, including those from innovative solutions.