Confartigianato: 'We need green skills but 1.6 million workers cannot be found'

"Last year, Italian companies needed 3.4 million workers capable of managing green products and technologies, but 1.6 million (48.7% of the requirement) were nowhere to be found." Confartigianato's alarm is in a report that is presented today in Milan at the opening event ('Seize the Change. Sustainable futures') of the 'Energy and Sustainability Week' that the confederation of artisans and SMEs is organizing throughout Italy from 19 to 24 October.

"The regional map of the mismatch between job supply and demand sees Lombardy in first place for the number of green profiles that are difficult to find": out of 613,660 workers requested "303,160 were difficult to find: 49.4% of the requirement". Then Veneto (out of 297,610 expected incomes with green skills, 162,350 "difficult to find" out of 297,610 "expected incomes", 54.6%); Lazio (152,370 out of 355,560, 42.9%); Emilia-Romagna (147,650 out of 281,650, 52.4%); Campania ("132,800 unobtainable profiles out of 299,630 expected entries, 44.3%").

At a provincial level "Milan leads the way in terms of absolute number of unobtainable green professionals", then Rome, Naples, Turin, Brescia.

"The ecological transition - comments the president of Confartigianato, Marco Granelli - offers extraordinary job opportunities which, however, we are not able to satisfy with the necessary skills. We risk losing an unrepeatable opportunity. Sustainability is not a requirement to be faced, but a strategic lever for the future of the country.

We need a great national pact between schools and the training system, labor policies and businesses to train the human capital we urgently need to guarantee a green transition capable of generating employment, protecting the environment and enhancing the competitiveness of businesses".