According to the organizers, the green economy is emerging with solutions—in renewable energy, advancements in farming and agriculture, electric vehicles, sustainable forestry, and circular manufacturing processes, to name a few—but they also see a gap within the workforce. Without greens skill readiness, the transition to the green economy will be a slow one.

As such, they want people who will:

• Help those previously excluded from economic opportunity to gain the skills needed to find employment in the Green economy's growth sectors.
• Help communities currently entrenched in environmentally harmful jobs transition to green jobs.
• Find innovative ways to prepare young people to find careers in, and ultimately become leaders of, the green economy.

15 social entrepreneurs will be awarded a cash prize of $20,000 plus support and mentoring from HSBC and Ashoka to enable them to scale-up

Enter the Green Skills Innovation Challenge by June 4, 2021