And explore our interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social to see who currently owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit 👇

Watch our video on why the people of Scotland need a stake in our energy future 👇

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Our recent paper, ‘Rethinking ScotWind’, called for the Scottish Government to take public equity stakes in all future offshore wind farms.

Read more about our proposals here: www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

We need the Scottish Government to double the Just Transition Fund - backing re-skilling, Fair Work and real labour planning.

Our new report shows how.

📗 Read it here: www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

It is not enough to talk the language of transformative change, the time has come to match ambitious words with meaningful action.

Read the report 👇
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Scotland’s first Green Industrial Strategy is a start. But delivering a fair, green & growing economy requires moving beyond rhetoric to action.

Scotland must also transform its public financing institutions like the Scottish National Investment Bank and Scottish Enterprise.

The aim should be to maximise additionality in support of missions, rather than operating on a commercial basis.

• Tax: review business rates reliefs, and reform to support social & environmental goals.

• Skills & training: develop occupational transition pathways for workers at risk from decarbonisation, and support reskilling & retraining.

• R&D & innovation: review fragmented funding, align with industrial strategy missions, double business R&D by 2030.

• Planning, development & land: create a new Scottish Land Agency and take equity stakes in offshore wind.

We recommend:

• Public procurement: update award criteria to emphasise public value, build procurement capacity & make Fair Work First mandatory.

• Grants & subsidies: review all grants & introduce new ‘challenge prize’ schemes aligned with missions, & a new ‘Buy Scotland’ framework

The Scottish Government’s first Green Industrial Strategy was an important step.

But to succeed, Scotland must adopt a whole-of-government approach: harnessing the full arsenal of industrial policy tools, public institutions and capabilities to drive structural change.

Our report, Rethinking ScotWind: Maximising Scotland’s Offshore Wind Potential, sets out four key reforms to make sure more of that value stays here:

1️⃣ Leasing reform
2️⃣ Public equity stakes
3️⃣ Growing domestic supply chains
4️⃣ Promoting Fair Work

📘 Read report👇 www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

Shell’s withdrawal demonstrates why Scotland needs a new approach that prioritises public revenue, Fair Work, and strong domestic supply chains - to ensure offshore wind delivers lasting prosperity through the just transition.

Our recent report, Rethinking ScotWind, warned that when control over vital clean energy rests with global corporations and asset managers, Scotland risks losing out on the long-term economic benefits of renewables - from public revenue to jobs.

🎥 Watch our video summary.

Join our webinar to explore the findings and hear from @lmacfarlane.bsky.social & @hannawheatley.bsky.social on what a fair, effective path to restoring nature could look like.

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