Brookings Releases First Comprehensive Report on Green Economy; Counts 2.7 Million Jobs
July 14th | Sustainable Business News

2.7 million people work in the green economy nationwide, according to a new Brookings Institution analysis that claims to be the first comprehensive report on the subject.

The "green" or "clean" or low-carbon economy - defined as the sector of the economy that produces goods and services with an environmental benefit - remains at once a compelling aspiration and an enigma.

As a matter of aspiration, no swath of the economy has been more widely celebrated as a source of economic renewal and potential job creation. Yet, the clean economy remains hard to assess - a problem that is proving tricky for the Obama administration going into an election year.

"Green" or "clean" activities and jobs pervade all sectors of the U.S. economy and are thus difficult to define and count.

In the absence of standard definitions and data, strikingly little is known about the green economy and its nature, size, and growth at the critical regional level.

Seeking to help address these problems, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings worked with Battelle's Technology Partnership Practice to develop, analyze, and comment on a detailed database of establishment-level employment statistics pertaining to a "sensibly defined" assemblage of clean economy industries in the United States and its metropolitan areas.

"Sizing the Clean Economy: A National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment" concludes that:

The clean economy, which employs some 2.7 million workers, encompasses a significant number of jobs in establishments spread across a diverse group of industries. Though modest in size, the clean economy employs more workers than the fossil fuel industry and bioscience, but remains smaller than the IT-producing sectors. Most clean economy jobs reside in mature segments that cover a wide swath of activities including manufacturing and the provision of public services such as wastewater and mass transit. A smaller portion of the clean economy encompasses newer segments that respond to energy-related challenges. These include the solar photovoltaic (PV), wind, fuel cell, smart grid, biofuel, and battery industries.

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