OUR STORY
Established in 2016 by fossil fuel workers, Iron & Earth was sparked by growing concerns of climate change and a collective desire to build a more prosperous and sustainable future. These workers saw opportunity in the transferability of their skills and recognized that they had a role to play in realizing a Just Transition. Over the years, Iron & Earth has grown in its approach to empowering a Just Transition. Our mandate has expanded to include directly engaging with communities and supporting a spectrum of willing workers in addition to those from the fossil fuel industry.
Mission
Iron & Earth is working toward a future where the workforce is dynamically engaged in a thriving green economy. We envision broad participation in a Just Transition, leading to strengthened economic and climate resilience, expanded accessibility to sustainable energy solutions and meaningful careers.
Vision
Iron & Earth is working toward a future where the workforce is dynamically engaged in a thriving green economy. We envision broad participation in the Just Transition, leading to strengthened economic and climate resilience, expanded Accessibility to sustainable energy solutions and meaningful careers.
Our vision extends beyond workforce mobilizationtofostera community-driven Transformation, where people actively contribute to a sustainable and equitable future, for their communities and the planet. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals Implementation Strategy, we believe that “economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development is mutually reinforcing.
Values
Justice | Respect | Resilience
What the “Just Transition” Means to Us
For Iron & Earth a Just Transition represents a deconstruction of, and a de-linking from the carbon lock-in, leaving no one behind.
Our concept of a Just Transition is one that secures the future and livelihoods of workers and their communities in the transition to a low-carbon economy. We believe that if managed well, transitions to environmentally and socially sustainable economies can become strong drivers of job creation.
Iron & Earth acknowledges the links between colonialism and climate change, and supports a Just Transition thatis informed and led by Indigenous land stewardship.
A Just Transition provides decent jobs, social protection, more training opportunities and greater job security for all workers affected by policies that address climate change. This is not about managing decline, but about managed transition – from the reliance on fossil fuels, to the creation and expansion of the industries and jobs of the future.