12 November 2020
Corporate News

Tata Steel helps government prepare green workforce of the future

Realising a net-zero economy for the UK will require millions of employees to train or re-train to meet the demands of a new decarbonised industrial landscape and prepare for the jobs of the future.

As the UK’s largest steelmaker Tata Steel has been asked to assist government in drawing up plans which would see employees, many of whom are currently in high-emission industries, retrained as businesses accelerate towards meeting net-zero targets.

At the same time the plans will look at how future generations can access the education and skills they need to succeed and drive the pace to support a net-zero economy.

Tata Steel’s representative on the newly announced Green Jobs Taskforce, Tor Farquhar, Executive Director of Human Resources, said: “Preparing for a CO