Grangemouth Industrial Cluster - Just Transition: vision

Outcomes

What Are The Overall Outcomes For Grangemouth?

The outcomes for Grangemouth industrial cluster are guided by the Scottish Government National Just Transition Planning Framework, which outlines four areas that Just Transition benefits should be achieved across, including: Jobs, Skills and Economic Opportunities, Communities and Places, People and Equity, and Environment, Biodiversity and Adaptation.

In 2045 Grangemouth Will Be...

• Jobs, Skills & Economic Opportunities

Fair, Sustainable Employment and Skills Development

Grangemouth’s transition to net zero supports new and existing fair and well-paid jobs across its operations and supply chain in Scotland and, the Grangemouth workforce is diverse and advances equality of opportunity for all.

Economically Prosperous, Growing & Resilient

Grangemouth continues to be a thriving manufacturing hub for the Scottish economy, serving a range of domestic and global net-zero markets, better leveraging public and private investment with development identifying opportunities to tackle regional inequalities.

• Communities & Place

Supporting place

Industrial decarbonisation supports the development of clean, safe, green, accessible and improved public and private spaces that are fit for purpose, build resilience and provide wider benefits for people, health and wellbeing, and biodiversity, in a balanced way.

Community Empowerment

Grangemouth has an enhanced relationship between community and industry, with greater visibility of planned industry activity in the community. Communities are empowered through strong links and representation to influence decision making, leading to enhanced sense of pride in the town’s industrial strength.

• People & Equity

Quality of Life

Health, wealth and wellbeing of the residents of Grangemouth has increased, proportionally, alongside the economic and sustainable growth of the future industrial cluster.

Ability to Pay

Costs of industrial decarbonisation are shared fairly on the basis of ability to pay.

Local Access to Jobs

Local residents have improved access to job opportunities existing or future stemming from the industrial cluster and are not disadvantaged by e.g long travelling distances to gain access to required education.

• Enviornment, Biodiversity & Adaptation

Outcomes based regulation

Environmental regulation supports innovation and the transition to achieving net zero and a circular economy whilst maintaining high standards and levels of protection for communities and the environment.

Aaptation

As an asset of national importance, innovative and appropriate options are identified and adopted for protecting and adapting the cluster and surrounding area from the impacts of climate change.