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ESG-UP

Strategic partnership to up-skill European SMEs in the development of Environmental, Social and Governance strategies

About the project
Partnership

Project number: 2021-1-IE01-KA220-VET-000034728

Project Duration: 28.02.2022 – 27.02.2024

Project description

Objective

The main objective of ESG-UP is to address the training and knowledge gaps of SMEs in sustainability practices to become more competitive and resilient. The project focuses on sustainable business operations as a result of integrating ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives and measurements.

Target audience

  • Target group 1: SMEs and start-up business representatives.
  • Target group 2: all the professionals that provide education, C-VET, assessment and support to TG1, especially in the field of business model implementation, and also working processes, HR management or any transversal activity that help to improve their efficiency and sustainability.

Results

ESG-UP is 3 main project results.

PR1: Mobile report on sustainable performance

This result will contribute to cover the need for awareness on long-term actions for sustainable achievements through ESG principles and the need for a long-term strategy. The mobile report reveals the most needed skills related to sustainability and has the form of an interactive resource which allows for searching and filtering topics and answers using various criteria.

Report

PR2:Training package

The result is divided into 2 parts.

Guidelines to sustainability, is a compilation of information on sustainable businesses. It takes the form of training pills with activities that one can put into practice for developing the most needed skills identified.

Collaboration and peer learning, is an online meeting space for building new connections for the development of more inclusive and integral sustainable plans to be applied internally and externally within an SME.

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PR3: Panorama of sustainable business practices and self-assessment tool.

The interactive online tool will include examples of sustainable and guidance for their implementation in the businesses. The self-assessment tool takes the form of a questionnaire on sustainability performance.

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These results will enable SMEs employees to develop and implement efficient sustainable business models with a holistic full business approach.

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The Partnership

We are 6 Partners from five European countries: Ireland, Spain, Greece, Sweden and Poland.