La presente relazione è stata predisposta per le Giornate Universitarie Andaluse del Diritto del lavoro che si celebreranno a Osuna il 21 e il 22 novembre prossimo.

The paper analyses the implications of the climate emergency and of the sustainability targets of the EU on the institutions of work. It argues that the constitutionalisation of environment by the new articles 9 and 41 of the Italian constitution demands new criteria for balancing the reasons of production with those of the environment; requires responsible answers by the enterprises and gives new justifications for the participation of workers and stakeholders.
It describes the recent European directives which delegate to the enterprises specific responsibility for social and environmental sustainability, and examines the reactions of our legal systems to the new scenarios. In particular it analyses the role of collective agreements in the innovation of the main contents of employment relations: education and vocational training, active labor policies occupational welfare; productivity bonuses, work organisation, health and safety.
It gives account of the resistance to change particularly in this initial phase of ecological transition and stresses the need of a common commitment of public institutions and social actors at both national and European level in order to pursue successfully the just transition promised by the European Union.