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UMass-Boston awarded $187,000 for Clean Energy Workforce Training
The University of Massachusetts, Boston was awarded $187,000 for a program entitled Business and Professional Education for the Clean Energy Economy. The project will be coordinated through the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness (SERC) in the College of Management at the University, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences.
The initiative will provide the skills and knowledge needed for professionals, policymakers, and business managers to be more effective in the clean energy economy. New interdisciplinary degree and certificate programs will be developed that build on existing campus strengths in the science, business, politics, economics, and policy dimensions of clean energy and climate change. The core programs are being designed for students and returning professionals seeking focused, compact, and low-cost career development.
For more information, see Training the “Green and White” Collar Workforce and the official announcement on Sept. 1, 2009 of nearly $1 million in grants for educational programs to enhance training for the state’s burgeoning clean energy industry.
Climate Inc. - A New Blog on Business and Climate Change
SERC director David Levy recently launched Climate Inc., a blog devoted to discussion of business and climate change. Climate Inc. will examine the risks and opportunities created by climate change, the steps business can and should take, and how public policy might affect corporate strategy. It will bring together the views of academics, business managers, policymakers, journalists, professionals, and other thought leaders on climate change. Guest contributions are welcome.
Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness hosts workshop on Carbon Leadership Strategies for the Financial Sector
The new Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness (SERC) at UMass Boston’s College of Management, hosted its first major event Friday, May 8, 2009 on the topic Carbon Leadership Strategies for the Financial Sector. Nearly fifty attendees from finance, accounting, consultancy, law, the policy world, and academia gathered at the impressive UMass Club overlooking the harbor in downtown Boston to wrestle with the challenges and opportunities that climate change presents to business and the financial sector, in particular. For more information click here.
Donald Reed, Chief Financial Analyst, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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