Amid green push, professionals rush to arm themselves with ESG skills

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

edtech platforms to upskill themselves in green technology and sustainability.
Edtech firms like Coursera, Emeritus, UpGrad and Terra.do are seeing high enrolment rates for courses related to ESG reporting, climate technology, carbon accounting, lifecycle analyses, etc. There is also an increasing trend of engineers wanting to learn the tech stacks used in the climate tech industry, or product managers learning how to reduce emissions of their digital products.

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While learners are typically early-to-mid-career professionals looking to transition to a sustainability job, a significant amount of demand is also being seen from C-suite leaders who are now required to have a strong understanding of ESG and sustainability to drive responsible decision-making and shape business strategies.

An IBM and Morning Consult survey found that 82% of Indian business leaders would seek green and sustainability tech skills by the end of 2024, underscoring that the future of work demands a blend of tech, green and multidisciplinary skills.

Emeritus has integrated ESG and sustainability in business across senior-executive programmes for C-suite leaders, and is seeing fourfold growth in its learner base.

Institutes such as IIM in Kozhikode and Lucknow and Indian School of Business consider these as must-have modules in their CEO, CTO, CHRO and CFO programmes, Emeritus CEO Ashwin Damera said. “We’re also seeing particular interest in sustainability