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Several major contractors have launched an online supply chain sustainability school in the United States, designed to educate construction professionals at critical sustainability challenges in the supply chain, Skanska USA, the North -American Arm of the builder and Swedish developer. Immersion of construction.
The supply chain sustainability school team was created 12 years ago in the United Kingdom and has since expanded to Ireland and Australia, according to Skanska. It has educated 137,000 people among 30,000 companies.
The other founding partners include the Burns and McDonnell and Fluor contractors, a CRH building supplier, a Keller Geotechnical Engineering Firm and National Grid Energy Delivery Company.
According to the statement, the school will provide free education opportunities. It will facilitate the exchange of knowledge and the attempt to promote a collaborative approach to address critical problems of sustainability, such as energy and carbon, sustainability reports, environmental management, waste and circular economy, biodiversity, community commitment and diversity. of suppliers.
“Collaboration with the Sustainability Sustainability School was a natural adjustment, as Skanska aims to make the construction industry more sustainable,” said Myrrrh Caplan, a Senior Sustainability Vice President of Sustainability. The Skanska USA building, in the statement. “This new resource will provide individuals and companies with essential resources and educational materials to support the understanding of sustainability strategies that can help scale their business while fulfilling regulations.”
Caplan, in a Video promoting the schoolHe said that many facets for sustainability, such as biodiversity, have not been explored in the United States and the school aims to “take the mystery” to educate the members of the supply chain and grow companies.
The initiative represents a common approach to sustainability in supply chains. A school board consisting of elected representatives of founding partners provides leadership for the institution, responsible for fiscal governance and strategic management.
“We joined the United States Sustainability Sustainability School as a founding partner because we want to bring our suppliers along with us on our sustainability journey and we are proud to offer the free content of the school To all our suppliers helping them to prepare for the economy of the future, “said Tanner Blackburn, Keller’s Vice President of Engineering, in the video about the school launch.
The Sustainability School of the Supply Chain will offer access to hundreds of accredited online sustainability training sessions and virtual learning resources. School and founders contain a Two -hour launch event for the parties interested on January 29.
