Green light to green jobs in Italy

A problem often conceals its own solution. The setback in the world economy caused by the pandemic is hitting employment severely, as well. The United Nations reports that 1.25 billion workers are employed in sectors at very high risk of closure. But the economic downturn itself, says the UN, could accelerate the move to a greener, more resilient and more inclusive world of work, also because climate change has not stopped in the meantime. The world of jobs related to green technologies is relatively new and rapidly evolving, but, most of all, has high margins for growth, which could be further expanded by public and private investment in a sustainable economic recovery. According to the Global Renewables Outlook 2020 by IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency), the renewable energies sector alone will create 42 million jobs by 2050, four times more than today. Thanks to technological innovation that has increased the performance of materials, the cost of electricity from clean energy has fallen significantly over the last ten years, thus reducing investment costs. More than 3 million green jobs in Italy The year 2020 will be remembered not only for the tragic challenge of Covid-19, but also as the year of a green reboot in every respect, including employment. The foundations for this recovery have already been laid. According to the latest Green Italy report by Symbola and Unioncamere, green jobs in Italy increased to 3.1 million in 2018. In 2019, more than half a million new employment contracts for green jobs were signed, of which almost half (46%) are permanent, according to Tessa Gelisio and Marco Gisotti, authors of the book 100 Green Jobs per trovare lavoro (“100 Green Jobs to find a job”). Gisotti, director of Green Factor, also worked with Legambiente on the “Ecco” project, according to which almost 80% of companies required some kind of environmental expertise from new hires, whether high school or college graduates. According to Symbola-Unioncamere, more than 432,000 Italian companies in the manufacturing and service sectors have invested in renewable and eco-sustainable products and technologies to reduce their environmental impact and save energy in the last 5 years, with about half located in Central and Southern Italy. Going green seems to be profitable: 51% of “eco-investing” companies have reported an increase in exports, compared to 38% of those that have not invested enough in sustainability. “Companies have value if they can play a sustainable role for humanity. Renewables really are the way to go” Guido Stratta, Head of People & Organization, Enel Enel Green Power on the lookout for talent As a world leader in renewable energies, we have many ambitious, new plants in the pipeline, including the Partanna wind farm in Sicily. The activities to create new wind and solar capacity concern various regions of the country, as does the work to repower and refurbish existing wind and hydroelectric power plants. These investments will yield significant economic benefits for the communities where the plants will be built, in terms of local employment and the creation of related services, training of new professional figures, and financial benefits for the municipalities and areas in question, in addition, of course, to the supply of clean energy. But what are the green jobs we are focusing on? “We are looking for flexible people, who have their own expertise but base their future on their capacity for transformation and connecting with others. People who love the cross-pollination of knowledge, who are open to the future, open to everything, open to curiosity,”. Guido Stratta, Head of People & Organization, Enel We are looking for professionals such as site manager, commissioning manager, site coordinator, safety manager and quality coordinator, and energy manager. But the future of the world of work also belongs more and more to data scientists, and specialists in Big Data, analysis and cloud technologies, automation and machine learning. This confirms that the development of renewables is the meeting point between sustainability and technological innovation, an innovation that never stops. “We want to see eyes shining with energy, with the desire to accomplish things, the desire to continue on a path towards something that for us really is the fire that animates everyone, our purpose,” Stratta concludes. “We can truly see a brighter future, a future in which people with dynamism can do beautiful things.”

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Green light to green jobs in Italy

Green light to green jobs in Italy

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