Electric Mail > General > March 2009 > Sustainable Jobs



		Sustainable Jobs - a reality for North East region Those 140 odd participants who had the good fortune and commitment to come to the Dundalk Chamber Conference had a real eye-opener of just where this region can re-position itself, of which space is opening up to shape its economic future and create sustainable jobs that will serve future generations. The focus was on the region's location for Sustainable energy; for what it can fashion from its Heritage and thirdly, how it might expect to claim leadership in the whole area of Logistics. John Campion, Director Sustainability, ESB and the conference chair, outlined the 15-year €22 Billion capital commitment programme ESB has crafted which would support the transition from oil/gas fuelled electricity to Green energy. John highlighted that he'd arrived from Dublin that morning in a seven-seater people carrier, electric powered. His vision for electric transport and the required supporting infrastructure which Dundalk were expected to lead on was a powerful lasting image and opened more than a few eyes of where the future lay.		Pictured: Terry Brennan, Louth County Council, John Campion, Executive Director Sustainability ESB and Michael McCann, ESB Customer Supply at the Sustainable Jobs conference in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk Pictured: James Orr, WWT Castle Espie Wetlands Centre, John Campion, Kristin Lemon, Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark and Brendan McSherry, Heritage Officer Louth Co Council who presented papers to the conference on how Tourism, Geo Parks and heritage potential can work in conjunction with Sustainable technologies. Pictured: John Campion, Senator Dan Boyle, Chairman of the Green Party, Peter Corcoran, Financial Controller Open Hydro and Bill Tosh, CEO of Dundalk Chamber of Commerce with conference delegates checking out the new ESB electric people carrier on its arrival at the Sustainable Jobs conference in Dundalk.

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