Our Mission

The GREENSTEEL Academy’s mission is simple: to engage, inspire and develop the workforce of today and tomorrow through innovative development programmes, created by our own teams in collaboration with regional educational and technical establishments and with the support of regional authorities.

The Academy aligns with the aims of the GFG Foundation, wanting to ensure that the younger generations are inspired by the importance of industry, the compelling case for change and the opportunities this provides for them to be part of the transformation.

Sanjeev Gupta, the Executive Chairman of GFG Alliance and LIBERTY Steel Group shared his views at the Ziarul Financiar “Romanian industry: Investments for a Green Future” conference.

The Academy was also there to develop the existing highly valued workforce – to support their careers as part of our Just Transition to new, greener technologies.  A global programme, named Discover GREENSTEEL, was rolled out to all employees and covered topics from the compelling case for change through to renewable energy sources, green technologies, and specific technical skills training.

Whilst the initial focus area for the set-up of the regional GREENSTEEL Academies is at our primary steel sites, it will expand to encompass all our LIBERTY Steel Group businesses as part of subsequent roll-out plans.

The Academy is operational in our major primary steel plants in Romania, North Macedonia and the Czech Republic. Some of their many key achievements include:

The team are working in close partnership with the local “Dunărea de Jos” University and will continue to build on their existing, successful, education and community activities, such as the Summer School programme (now into its tenth year), themed seminars and educational site visits.

LIBERTY Galati launches its 11th summer school for 37 students

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LIBERTY Galati completes its tenth term

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Laying foundations for the LIBERTY GREENSTEEL Academy

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Annual internship programme – thisaims to introduce around 40 young people a year the opportunity to operate in their future work environment and identify their individual career profile. The young people are supported and guided for their 3-6 months in the business by a mentor. The business has now welcomed 323 interns through the plant over the last ten years.

Summer school project – the plant has just celebrated its sixth successful annualspecialised internship programme, which runs over the summer holiday. The three month scheme welcomes around 10 young people from a number of local universities to work on specific STEM projects, so that they can apply their knowledge in structural and practical stages. The LIBERTY team have developed weekly thematic sessions steered towards identifying and solving specific issues, while allowing the interns to develop broad career plans, matching job requirements and skill sets.

Community outreach programme – this is a newer initiative which has meant collaborating with eleven faculties, two vocational high schools and other vocational institutions as well as five other Macedonian companies. The programme, which now has 47 pupils taking part, presents on-site training throughout the year on processes, organization and environment via Open Days as well as initiating “Dual System” practices which has a direct impact on the content and organization of vocational education across the country.

The team continue to build on their programmes for younger generation and this year has offered a year’s on-the-job training to 120 local technical apprentices

LIBERTY Ostrava offers a year’s on-the-job training to 120 local technical apprentices

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LIBERTY Ostrava to provide more than a hundred apprentices with practical training

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