Center for Energy Workforce Development Recognizes Constellation with Community Partnership Award
November 21 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Award honors company for developing unique
connections with educators, nonprofits and other organizations to
build a diverse clean-energy workforce of the future
Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), the nation’s largest
producer of carbon-free energy, has received the Community
Partnership Award from The Center for Energy Workforce Development
(CEWD) for its work in building a skilled energy workforce that
represents the diverse communities it serves. The award recognizes
Constellation’s multi-faceted efforts to establish lasting and
impactful relationships with the local community — including
educators, minority facing organizations, workforce development
nonprofits and others — to fuel the energy talent pipeline. CEWD is
a non-profit consortium of electric, natural gas, nuclear and
renewable energy companies, and their associations, committed to
the development of a skilled, diverse energy workforce.
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Representatives from Constellation were
on hand to accept the Center for Energy Workforce Development's
"Community Partnership" award November 16 in Washington, D.C.
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Representatives from Constellation were on hand to receive the
honor November 16 during CEWD’s Workforce Development Summit and
inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Forum in Washington,
D.C.
“Constellation is dedicated to enabling Americans of all
backgrounds to access good-paying jobs, be a part of the growing
energy workforce and experience the benefits of the clean energy
transition,” said Joe Dominguez, president and CEO, Constellation.
“We appreciate CEWD for recognizing our efforts, and this progress
is just the beginning. We will continue our commitment to creating
family-sustaining careers and investing in all communities.”
“The work being done in the people-part of the industry is
astonishing,” said Missy Henriksen, executive director, CEWD. “The
partnerships companies, like Constellation, are forming within
their communities – with community-based organizations, educators,
workforce systems and other stakeholders are making a
difference.”
Earlier this fall, Constellation teamed up with CEWD to sponsor
its Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0 program. The interactive,
120-hour curriculum for high school and technical school students
aims to provide expanded energy education and career awareness to
500,000 students over the next decade.
Other key Constellation workforce development efforts in 2023
included:
- Launching the company’s Powering Change Initiative, a $1
million investment with six nonprofit organizations focused on
improving job awareness and training, providing advancement and
upskilling opportunities and breaking down employment barriers for
individuals from underrepresented communities.
- Signing a historic pledge with North America’s Building Trades
Unions to increase access, equity and advancement opportunities for
historically underrepresented groups, such as women and communities
of color. The pledge also sets standards to eliminate bias and
create a culture of belonging in all aspects of recruitment,
hiring, training and retention practices.
- Creating the PowerEd program to expand and amplify its
university relationships through on-campus events, scholarships and
student mentorship opportunities. The program is also aimed at
increasing engagement with Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and
other minority-serving institutions to improve diversity within
STEM majors.
- Hosting the first-ever Constellation Youth Energy Summit to
convene 35 10th and 11th graders from diverse backgrounds for a
weeklong immersive experience to learn about clean energy
careers.
- Launching Constellation Scholars to provide $1.5 million in
scholarships over a 10-year period, helping collegebound students
across the U.S. set a foundation to attain good-paying,
family-sustaining careers in energy and STEM fields.
About Constellation
A Fortune 200 company headquartered in Baltimore, Constellation
Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG) is the nation’s largest producer
of clean, carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy
products and services to businesses, homes, community aggregations
and public sector customers across the continental United States,
including three fourths of Fortune 100 companies. With annual
output that is nearly 90% carbon-free, our hydro, wind and solar
facilities paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet have the
generating capacity to power the equivalent of 16 million homes,
providing about 10% of the nation’s clean energy. We are further
accelerating the nation’s transition to a carbon-free future by
helping our customers reach their sustainability goals, setting our
own ambitious goal of achieving 100% carbon-free generation by
2040, and by investing in promising emerging technologies to
eliminate carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy.
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