June 11, 2008—While the UK has seen job losses throughout the finance and property sectors, there has been a rise in jobs related to climate change and corporate social responsibility, says a UK recruitment firm.
Acre Resources reports it has seen a 20 percent increase in the number of green collar jobs from May 2007 to May 2008. Jobs related to energy reduction and emissions management have alone increased by 180 percent.
Acre has also found that the average salary for jobs related to climate change has increased 14 percent to 49,000 ($96,000), the average salary among all jobs in the environmental sector has increased five percent to 34,000 ($67,000) and jobs in corporate social responsibility earn from 40,000 ($78,000) to as high as 120,000 ($236,000).
For more information, see the Acre Resources Web site.
