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Inside the Office for National Statistics' drive to map the UK's green jobs market

Skills

Inside the Office for National Statistics' drive to map the UK's green jobs market

BusinessGreen speaks to the government staticians tasked with charting the growth of the UK's low carbon economy

clock 07 July 2022 • 10 min read
Employment in UK's green economy continues to flatline, ONS figures suggest

Skills

Employment in UK's green economy continues to flatline, ONS figures suggest

Office for National Statistics highlights impact of Covid-19 on both employment and turnover in large businesses engaged in the renewable and low carbon economy

clock 17 February 2022 • 4 min read
'Climate must be at the heart of everything': Can Keir Starmer reboot Labour's green agenda?

Politics

'Climate must be at the heart of everything': Can Keir Starmer reboot Labour's green agenda?

Labour leader slams government's record on green jobs and preparations for COP26, as he calls for £30bn green investment

clock 05 August 2021 • 9 min read
Natural capital: Carbon sink value of UK waters estimated at £57bn

Marine

Natural capital: Carbon sink value of UK waters estimated at £57bn

Carbon sequestration in and around UK waters trumps value of potential fossil fuel extraction in these areas, Office for National Statistics estimates

clock 07 April 2021 • 2 min read
'No significant change': Government data suggests UK's 'green' workforce shrank between 2014 and 2019

Workplace

'No significant change': Government data suggests UK's 'green' workforce shrank between 2014 and 2019

Despite gains in offshore wind and low carbon vehicles and infrastructure, the number of people employed in 'green fields' dropped by more than 30,000 between 2014 and 2019, according to the ONS

clock 29 March 2021 • 3 min read
UK green economy boosts jobs and turnover, but campaigners fear faster growth needed

Policy

UK green economy boosts jobs and turnover, but campaigners fear faster growth needed

Green economy turnover swells 4.7 per cent to hit £46.7bn in 2018, but experts warn growth is off track for delivering on net zero goals

clock 16 January 2020 • 4 min read
ONS: UK greenhouse gas intensity down two-thirds since 1990, but progress stalled last year

Climate change

ONS: UK greenhouse gas intensity down two-thirds since 1990, but progress stalled last year

Latest preliminary stats show UK emissions intensity flat-lined during 2018

clock 06 November 2019 •
ONS: Total UK carbon emissions peaked 35 years later than conventional measures suggest

Climate change

ONS: Total UK carbon emissions peaked 35 years later than conventional measures suggest

Fresh ONS assessment of UK carbon impact shows that when imported emissions are taken into account UK emissions peaked in 2007 rather than 1972

clock 21 October 2019 •
UK's natural capital valued at almost £1tr

Biodiversity

UK's natural capital valued at almost £1tr

Office for National Statistics estimates value of Britain's natural capital assets, such as mountains, lakes and fish populations

clock 18 October 2019 •
UK Low Carbon Economy growth rate accelerates as sector tops £44bn

Management

UK Low Carbon Economy growth rate accelerates as sector tops £44bn

Official figures confirm UK low carbon and renewable energy economy grew at close to seven per cent in 2017, marking a sharp improvement on 2016's already impressive growth rate

clock 01 February 2019 •
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