| The Councilor for Sustainable Development and Huerta, Antonio Navarro, opens the online conference 'Carbon footprint and company: competitive advantage and door to green employment' | The councilor for Sustainable Development and Huerta, Antonio Navarro, has inaugurated this morning the online conference entitled 'Carbon footprint and company: competitive advantage and door to green employment'.The event will bring together until next Thursday a hundred unemployed and entrepreneurs and is part of the training project 'Do not leave a trace'.The mayor Navarro recalled that "we have an environmental plan that we are executing since the last legislature to reduce polluting emissions that go into the atmosphere.
Within this project, reducing the presence of greenhouse gases is one of our main objectives."More efficiency to protect the environmentThe Consistory project to protect the environment includes actions in different areas.
One of the principles it applies is the commitment to efficiency, which involves instilling non-polluting forms of mobility, such as walking or cycling.Along the same lines, the Government Team is committed to promoting the electric vehicle and improving air quality, applying policies aimed at reducing road traffic in some areas of the urban area and reducing emissions from public buildings.The Murcia City Council collaborates with the conference inaugurated today to promote the reduction of the Carbon Footprint in companies and public administrations.
The Carbon Footprint is the totality of greenhouse gases emitted directly or indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product.During his speech, Councilor Antonio Navarro explained that "from the City Council we want to support 'green' employability.
The great reception that this day has had is very good news and demonstrates the success of this training proposal."Create more 'green' jobsThe objective of 'Do not leave a trace' is to create 'green' employment through the recruitment of people who are unemployed to take on a new role in organizations.
Specifically, the Carbon Footprint Manager.The mission of this professional will be to help companies and public administrations develop a low carbon economy.
In this way, this profile will help companies increase their competitive advantage and environmental responsibility.The 'Don't Leave a Footprint' project consists of 170 training hours that are completely free for the unemployed.
The session that started today will be followed by another entitled 'Training as a Manager in Carbon Footprint' and a last one under the title 'Training in Carbon Footprint specific to City Councils'.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia