Sustainability Workforce

Access to education integrating sustainability skills is crucial to the future success of the South Carolina workforce.

Demand for sustainability-related skills in the job market has increased by nearly 40% since 2015.

No longer limited to traditional hard sciences, these skills now encompass other areas like project management, emissions measurement, and knowledge of laws and regulations related to sustainability and resilience. 

Sustain SC is modernizing the STEM initiative to ensure all learners have the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development, enhance scientific research, upgrade technology capabilities, and encourage sustainable innovation throughout every workforce sector.

 

Sustain SC CEO Leslie Skardon participating in an economic development panel at the Tri-County STEMersion Institute.

Strategic Actions

TOGETHER, OUR ACCELERATOR WORKING GROUP IS ADVANCING THE FOLLOWING INITIATIVES:

  • Connecting with educators to infuse sustainability into curriculum

  • Collaborating with South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce to connect underemployed with sustainability jobs

  • Connecting industry HR managers and company decision makers with STEM talent pipeline

  • Establishing higher-ed working group to leverage sustainability best practices

  • Increasing the number of Sustainability training and educational programs offered through Sustain SC, the member network & partners

 Case Study

University of South Carolina – University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Partnership

Sustain SC is proud to announce a new partnership with The University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business to promote sustainability and economic development throughout South Carolina.

This partnership leverages Sustain SC’s subject matter expertise to offer Darla Moore School of Business students career exposure, internship opportunities, trainings, and more as a concentrated effort to develop and offer a skilled sustainability workforce across South Carolina.

Read about our work together here:

We are implementing the roadmap to Sustain South Carolina.

Learn more about the other Accelerators that drive our strategic plan.