Webinar: Bridging the Sustainability Skills Gap
Thursday, July 17, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
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Category: Webinar
About the event
As the demand for sustainability expertise grows across industries, a critical skills gap is emerging—one that organizations must address to meet evolving goals and standards. This webinar explores how professionals can align their knowledge with the right frameworks and competencies needed to drive real impact. Join us to learn practical strategies for upskilling, insights into leading sustainability frameworks, and how to better connect talent with the tools required for success in today’s climate-conscious world.
What you will learn
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Identify key sustainability skills currently in demand across industries and understand the root causes of the existing skills gap.
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Explore leading sustainability frameworks and how they can be used to structure and guide professional development.
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Learn actionable strategies for upskilling and aligning workforce competencies with organizational sustainability goals.
Meet your presenter
Deborah (Yetunde) Fadeyi is a seasoned energy and sustainability specialist with over a decade of cross-disciplinary experience in sectors such as renewables (solar PV and green hydrogen), manufacturing and waste management, aviation and consulting. Her work spans both public and private sectors across Africa, Asia, North America and Europe. Deborah's technical expertise includes policy and sector design, corporate sustainability, energy transition, innovative finance, technology development, ESG reporting and strategy and net zero transitions.
Deborah's impactful contributions have earned her numerous accolades, including being named a 2024 Cardiff's 30u30 Environmental Activist, a 2024 Finalist for the UK Top 50 Women in Engineering, a 2023 Three Cairns Fellow, a 2022 Tech Women Fellow, and 2019 Chevening Scholar.
Deborah's impactful contributions have earned her numerous accolades, including being named a 2024 Cardiff's 30u30 Environmental Activist, a 2024 Finalist for the UK Top 50 Women in Engineering, a 2023 Three Cairns Fellow, a 2022 Tech Women Fellow, and 2019 Chevening Scholar.
She currently serves as Decarbonisation lead at Thames Water.
This event addresses the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Continuing education requirements
ISSP credential holders will earn 0.5 CEUs for attending this webinar.
Recording
The webinar recording and related materials are an ISSP member benefit and will be available to ISSP members after the webinar.
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