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When you’re caught in the loop of doom scrolling, it can be hard to imagine how you can make a positive impact on the planet. Not everyone is a passionate environmentalist, but with wild weather patterns becoming the norm, you don’t have to be an expert to be concerned. Take it from Bruno Rauis, a financial professional who made the unexpected shift from banking to renewable energy.
According to him, sustainable businesses is a growing thanks to increasing visibility and investment. This means an increasing number of “green” career opportunities, some in industries you may not have considered.
Still thinking about how and when to make the plunge? Join Rauis in his Unlimited Insights course as he explains what steps he took to make a career move into “greener” pastures.
Bruno Rauis: Hi, my name is Bruno Rauis, I’m a finance professional. I used to work in the mainstream finance industry, specifically in banks. Several years ago, I made the decision to transition out of the mainstream finance industry and into a more sustainable, greener industry. I now work for a company called Candi Solar, we install, develop, and finance solar systems for commercial industrial buildings in India and in South Africa.
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Rauis: People often ask me why I made this transition and why I’m passionate about working in a greener industry and usually I tell them that in my case I completely drank the Kool-Aid on climate change being one of the defining issues of our era. Of course, there are many defining issues of our era, biodiversity for example is one that people have been talking a lot more about in the last few years. But when I made that change, which was around 2015, you know, it was the year of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, it was the year of the Paris Accord.
Falling Down the Research Rabbit Hole
Rauis: What happened to me is that I started reading about climate change and I started reading more and more. The more I read about climate change, the more I realized the extent of the problem and the scale of the problem, and what they could mean for humanity.
I know it sounds a little dramatic to say it like this but in my case I certainly believe that it is true. So, for me, once I was armed with this knowledge, it became difficult to do anything else. I wanted to spend my time, spend hours of my day to skills that I had acquired in my previous career and in the mainstream finance industry to essentially help mitigate climate change. So that was the reasoning.
Leadership with Passion through Kokorozashi
The key ingredient to success? Passion.
Finding your kokorozashi will unify your passions and skills to create positive change in society. This GLOBIS Unlimited course will help you develop the values and lifelong goals you need to become a strong, passion-driven leader.
Who’s the ‘Right Fit’ for a Green Industry?
Rauis: There are many reasons that people might consider joining a green industry today. I think the green industry today, and it was not always the case, attracts different kinds of profiles. And course I say “green industry” but that’s a very broad term. Generally, people who want to work in what is “green” or more environmentally friendly, or less environmentally unfriendly, there are many reasons that could attract them.
On the one end of the spectrum, you might have people who are diehard environmentalists for whom it is impossible, nearly, to do anything else, who are very concerned about climate change, loss of biodiversity, or just generally toxic waste or pollution, things like that. But you might have other people who are perhaps looking at this from a career perspective, taking into account that some of the green industries of today are seen as being industries of the future. So, renewable energy over the last 10 to 15 years has been doing really well in many ways and so if you’re for example an oil and gas executive or if you’re working in an oil and gas industry you might think, “Well, perhaps this industry is on a decline and I would like to stay in the energy space and move into renewable energy because I think that’s the future.”
Sustainable Business is Open to Everyone
Rauis: Right, so on the one hand of the spectrum, you might have the more environmentally motivated people and on the other hand of the spectrum you might have people who maybe are not that fussed about the environment per say but look at this as being just in an industry that is growing as opposed to receding. And I think in the middle of the spectrum you have people who are motivated by both in varying measures.
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