Today’s workforce is critical for a successful transition to a net-zero economy and professional bodies are in a unique position to support it. A group of UK professional bodies have joined a Charter to get the UK’s professional bodies to align with both the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It binds members to three overarching commitments to align to the 1.5C pathway, unify their voice to lobby for long-lasting change and to empower and develop their members.

The Charter has sixteen signatories and twenty three supporting bodies representing more than 600,000 professionals and a further 450 member organisations. Overall UK membership associations cover more than 13 million working professionals, meaning the Charter can impact nearly half of the UK’s working population across every part of the economy. Almost one-third of Europe's largest companies have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. READ MORE