Green jobs and skills in London May 20th, 2026 by Monet Durieux Nearly half of all Londoners (46%) would be interested in training in order to take up a ‘green’ job, according to a recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey. The same survey showed that around 12% of working adults in London described any part of their main job as ‘green’, with around one-in-three of those…
Green apprenticeships in London January 30th, 2025 by Ruth Moxon, Economist The Mayor has pledged to work with London’s employers to create high-quality jobs and apprenticeships.[1] He has also set a target for London to be net zero carbon by 2030, in which apprenticeships are seen as important pathways to develop the skills to achieve this.[2] This blog summarises some of our recent analysis around green…
How can we measure the number of green jobs? April 11th, 2024 by Jeff OReilly Introduction Building upon a previous blog on the same topic, this short update examines the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) latest experimental estimates of green jobs, released in March 2024. The estimates of green jobs produced by the ONS complement previous analysis undertaken by GLA Economics to identify green skills and jobs by analysing online…
How can we measure the number of green jobs? October 20th, 2023 by Monet Durieux Introduction This blog explores the recently released experimental estimates of green jobs produced for the first time by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in September 2023. Tracking the number of green jobs is important. The Mayor of London has set a target for London to achieve net zero carbon by 2030. This transition to…
