Demand Grows for Sustainability Skills as ESG Sentiment Shifts and Regulatory Pressures Rise
SAN FRANCISCO , April 24 /Businesswire/ - Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY), a leading online skills marketplace and learning platform, today released its Q1 2024 Global Workplace Learning Index, a quarterly report highlighting in-demand skills that help companies remain competitive in a fast-changing global economy.
The Index provides quarter-over-quarter data on trends in course consumption based on the courses taken by Udemy Business customers, representing 16,000 companies from various industries. By comparing these trends with emerging skills gaps, Udemy identifies opportunities to meet course demand while supporting organizations and learners in an increasingly adaptive global workplace.
“More and more organizations are transitioning to a skills-based approach for their workforce," said Greg Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer at Udemy. “As organizations prepare to address changing ESG requirements while building cross-continental teams and keeping up with the pace of AI adoption, they must invest in the right learning tools so their workforce can develop the skills needed to get ahead.”
The Q1 2024 Index highlighted several emerging themes in corporate learning, including:
“It’s encouraging to see leaders invest in sustainability skill development at a time when consumers and stakeholders are increasingly demanding better business transparency and ethical practices,” said Peter Alkema, Udemy instructor and ESG expert. “Skills like sustainable supply chain management and meeting global ESG reporting standards have become paramount to successful business strategy. Leaders who train their workforce in the fundamentals of sustainability set themselves up for stronger brand reputation and employee engagement, while also getting ahead of potential risks and shifting ESG regulatory requirements.”
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Methodology
The Udemy Global Workplace Learning Index uses data from thousands of Udemy Business customers worldwide. Location data is based on the country associated with the company. The skills data compares the consumption of courses in the Udemy Business collection from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024. Courses are associated with one or more topics, with a maximum of five topics per course. The trending skills that you see in the report are based on these topics. If a course covers multiple topics, consumption minutes are divided equally across all topics associated with the course.
About Udemy
Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY) transforms lives through learning by providing flexible and effective skills development and validation. Through the Udemy Intelligent Skills Platform and its community of instructors, millions of learners gain expertise in a wide range of technical and professional skills – from generative AI to leadership. The Udemy marketplace provides learners with thousands of up-to-date courses in dozens of languages, offering a variety of solutions to achieve their goals. Udemy Business empowers enterprises to offer on-demand learning for all employees, immersive learning for tech teams, and cohort learning for leaders. Udemy Business customers include FenderⓇ, Glassdoor, On24, The World Bank and Volkswagen. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with hubs in Denver, USA; Ankara and Istanbul, Türkiye; Dublin, Ireland; Melbourne, Australia; and Gurugram, India.
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