GREEN JOBS: New environmental employment figures, ‘Green jobs’ falling, but holding their own

Australia’s first-ever snapshot of ‘green collar’ job advertising suggests that employment in the environment sector is out-performing the rest of the economy, despite a dramatic drop in the first quarter of this year. The figures, released by Australia’s environmental job advertising website NRMjobs.com.au, show a 28.7 per cent slump in green collar job advertising over the past 12 months, compared to the Australia-wide figure for all sectors of around 45%.