Irish businesses are eager to use AI to advance their sustainability goals, but many are not yet ready to adopt it effectively. Before investing in new tools, organisations need to understand their current capabilities, identify where AI can deliver practical value and determine which skills, governance structures and systems must be strengthened. Action plans completed […]
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The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) presents organisations with both an opportunity and a responsibility. On the one hand, reliance on energy- and resource-intensive infrastructure creates carbon, water, and land impacts that vary depending on where and how systems are powered and used (Aczel et al., 2026). Organisations need to recognise and manage these […]
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Today’s business leaders are navigating a world shaped by frequent weather extremes, rising energy costs, supply chain disruption, rapid advances in AI, changing customer expectations and growing pressure to remain competitive. Success will depend not simply on responding to these challenges, but on building the capability to anticipate them, adapt and seize new opportunities. The […]
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As Ireland has set national climate targets, the green transition is often framed in terms of policy, investment, and technological innovation. However, an equally critical—and often less visible—dimension underpins this transformation: workforce capability. The green transition is, fundamentally, a skills transition. Across global and European labour markets, demand for green and sustainability-related skills continues to […]
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Research from the Skillnet Climate Ready Academy has found that as organisations advance their sustainability ambitions, it is increasingly clear that developing individual green skills alone is insufficient to deliver meaningful impact. While skills are a critical foundation, they must be supported by broader organisational systems that enable their effective application. This highlights a key insight emerging from both research and practice: sustainable […]
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