(Telestock) – MAIRE Foundation presented today at Casa Litta-Palazzo Orsini in Rome during the event “In the Spirit of Laudato Sì. Towards COP29: energy transition as an opportunity for social and work inclusion”, a research from which the need to create new skills for the energy transition throughout the world emerged clearly.
The event, promoted by the MAIRE Foundation together with the Embassy of the HM Order of Malta to the Holy See, highlighted the synergy between Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Sì and the energy transition, understood as a cultural, social, economic and environmental evolution that represents humanity’s most current and complex challenge. Referring to climate change and the risk it represents for humanity, the Pontiff says: “we must recognize the magnitude, the urgency and the beauty of the challenge that we face”. The challenge of decarbonization is an opportunity to build integral human development and, in this context, businesses play a primary role in actively contributing to the construction of the common good.
To achieve the climate goals and the formation of over 30 million workers worldwide (data indicated by the International Energy Acency), the MAIRE Foundation considers the creation of new multidisciplinary skills, education on climate adaptation and the development of innovative solutions for the energy transition and decarbonisation to be essential.
These are the assumptions of the research “Climate goals: winning the challenge of climate goals through the creation of skills and competences worldwide” started in 2023 in collaboration with IPSOS. The study, conducted in 12 countries, 4 Continents and 2,200 interviewees, is currently being studied in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The data analyzed revealed the growing awareness of how the energy transition can represent an opportunity for job creation and for the inclusion of women and minoritiesThe results will be presented next November at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The MAIRE Foundation also announced the launch of a call for research grants for socio-economic studies concerning the relationship between migratory flows and the energy transition, with the aim of preparing a training project for the work inclusion of migrants in this sector.
The meeting saw the participation of Matteo Piantedosi, Minister of the InteriorFather Enzo Fortunato, Franciscan, Communications Director of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican; Cristina Finocchi Mahne, member of the Advisory Board Fordham Gabelli School of Business NYC and professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan; Antonio Zanardi Landi, Ambassador of the HM Order of Malta to the Holy See; Fabrizio Di Amato, President of the MAIRE Foundation and Group, and Ilaria Catastini, General Director of the MAIRE Foundation.
Fabrizio Di Amato, President of the Foundation and the MAIRE group: “To effectively manage the energy transition and exploit its potential inclusive capacity, Companies must not only act according to ESG principles but also promote a broader cultural change. MAIRE leads this transformation by acting as an enabler of new technologies for decarbonization and, together with the MAIRE Foundation, through the training of new skills.”
Antonio Zanardi Landi, Ambassador of the HM Order of Malta to the Holy See: “I am very grateful to the MAIRE Foundation for the idea of holding in this Embassy the presentation of the report on the opportunities for training and social and work inclusion offered, and required, by the energy transition. With the direct reference to the Encyclical Laudato Sì, the MAIRE Foundation underlines and highlights the original and living link between the Magisterium of the Church and the effort of a large enterprise for the protection of the Common Good. It is a new and important fact”.