• Forética launches the third edition of the 'JOBS 2030' project, an initiative that analyzes the future of work and the main challenges in digital transformation and green transition, promoting the development of fair and inclusive employment.
• The project - headed by ManpowerGroup, with the collaboration of Fundación ONCE and PRISA, and in alliance with WBCSD and CSR Europe - is supported by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy together with eight regional governments.

Forética, a leading business organization in the field of sustainability in Spain, launches the third edition of the project JOBS 2030 - Future of Work' project.. The aim of this new edition - headed by ManpowerGroup, with the collaboration of Fundación ONCE and PRISA - will be to address the challenges of the just transition to green jobs, analyzing the main mechanisms to promote this transformation at both public and private levels at national and international level.

The project will develop a "Business Toolkit for a Just Transition to Green Jobs", which will include a roadmap for business action on just transition and green jobs issues, with the keys for any organization to respond to the challenges and opportunities of the green transition, leaving no one behind.

The move towards a sustainable economy will continue to drive job creation in a large number of sectors. Globally, 4 new jobs will be created for every job lost due to the transition to a green economy. According to the ILO, Europe has the potential to create between 700,000 and 1,000,000 green jobs over the next ten years if the European Green Pact is successfully implemented throughout the European Union.

According to the Global Talent Mismatch Study 2022 published by ManpowerGroup, the talent mismatch in Spain in 2022 reached the highest level in history. There is a great challenge in training workers, as the demand for green skills is growing at an accelerated pace.

Ricardo Trujillo, Manager of the 'JOBS 2030 - Future of Work' project at Forética, states: "A large number of companies and organizations have understood the urgency and need to generate a just transition to a green economy and are acting quickly and decisively. The just transition focuses on the needs and demands of such relevant (and heterogeneous) groups as people with disabilities, the elderly, young people with difficult access to training or technology and any other group with elements of vulnerability that imply a greater risk of contributing to widening inequality gaps".

The business response to the challenge of employment transformation

The project JOBS 2030 - Future of Work' project is Forética's is an initiative focused on leading the discourse and action to accelerate the green transition and just transition. Companies, international organizations, public administrations and business networks come together with a common purpose, to promote a sustainable vision of the green transition, linking it to a new and necessary economy that is more respectful of the environment and in line with the main international environmental agreements.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Economy institutionally supports this project, which is developed in alliance with WBCSD and CSR Europe. The regional governments of Aragón, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Comunidad de Madrid, Región de Murcia and Navarra, together with the Cabildo de Tenerife are also institutional partners of the initiative.

As collaborating organizations, the 'JOBS 2030 - Future of Work' project counts on the Chamber of Cantabria, the Andalusian Business Confederation (CEA), the Madrid Business Confederation (CEIM), the Asturian Quality Club, the Responsible and Sustainable Business Club of the Valencian Community (CERS), Eticentre, Respon.cat and Visión Responsable, with the aim of maximizing the impact of the initiative at regional and local level.

Last year, as part of the second edition of the project, Forética presented the 'Roadmap for a green and just transition'. Roadmap for a green and just transition'.highlighting a total of 28 business initiatives that demonstrate the leadership of companies that, thanks to their commitment to green employment and just transition, are laying the foundations for a more sustainable and inclusive future of work.

This roadmap complements the two documents produced during 2022 in the framework of the 'JOBS 2030 - Future of Work' project: Green Employment and Just Transition in the Future of Work and Spanish Observatory for Green Employment and Just Transition.