At its core, the Blueprint provides a common language for the sector. Through education, engagement, and collaboration, it aims to inspire designers, organisations, and policymakers to champion design’s role in the green transition. The need for investment in green design skills is clear. The Design Council’s skills gap report revealed that while 71% of designers believe demand for green design skills will grow, only 43% feel equipped to meet it. As champions of good design, the Design Council, sees it as their responsibility to address this skills gap and support the 1.97 million people in the UK design economy to fulfill its potential in moving closer to our ultimate vision of creating a regenerative world for all. ​ In response they launched the Skills Mission: to upskill 1 million designers in green design skills by 2030. 

The launch of 'Skills for Planet’ marks a key milestone for the Skills Mission, establishing a shared understanding across the design ecosystem of what constitutes the essential skills designers need to design for planet. The Design Council’s ultimate goal is for ‘green design’ to become so interwoven into design practice that it simply becomes a fundamental feature of ‘good design’.  

 The Design Council invites audiences to engage with the critical role of green design skills in the transition to a regenerative future and to help make this vision a reality.