GreenCollar Talent

Do you know our ‘global hectare per person’ rate?

Georgina — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:44:38 +0000

Australia, we’re a country of Mr Greedys. Well, some of us are anyway, enough to make our consumption rates amongst the worst world-wide – worse than those of the UK for example. A ‘global hectare per person’ refers to the amount of biologically productive land and water available per person on the planet. To [...]

NSW and QLD top green job states but watch WA for growth

Georgina — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:31:14 +0000

If you are a job seeker with experience in carbon reduction, environmental compliance or sustainability and you happen to have plans to head west, you are on the right track. Green job ads in Western Australia have grown by 40 percent in the past year since May 2011. New South Wales and Queensland are joint [...]

Australian Clean Technologies Competition 2012

Georgina — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:29:18 +0000

The Australian cleantech sector is worth about $26 billion and employs over 45,000 people Australia-wide but it’s also a sector in which investment has so far lagged behind the rest of the world. With this in mind the Australian Clean Technologies Competition was launched last year as a way to provide another opportunity for [...]

GreenCollar’s 2012 federal budget response

Georgina — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:13:11 +0000

The federal governments new budget announcements are bitterly disappointing to some – especially those working in the Green Building sector, thanks to the axing of $1 billion in tax breaks.

“It indicates a worrying lack of commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency, “said Jan Rieche of GreenCollar Talent. “It certainly [...]

Including oil and gas jobs in ‘green job’ figures bumps up U.S. numbers

Georgina — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:58:10 +0000

A recent report released by the US Department of Labour claims that ‘green’ jobs accounted for 2.4 percent of the USA’s total employment in 2010. In Australia we have been tracking green jobs through our Green Job Index since March 2010 and are currently reporting that 1.8 % of jobs advertised are green jobs.

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‘Renewables and Environment’ LinkedIn’s winners

Georgina — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:47:27 +0000

Last month LinkedIn released their own version of a jobs report, entitled “LinkedIn Industry Trends: Winners and Losers in the Great Recession”. In it the growing and shrinking industries are measured by employment reported on LinkedIn over the five year period from 2007 to 2011.

Our favourite category, ‘Renewables and Environment’, which contains green-collar jobs, [...]

Carbon management in Asia-Pacific: new regulations

Georgina — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:34:27 +0000

New opportunities abound within the Asia Pac region for those involved in carbon reporting thanks to increased regulatory requirements. Together with a growing awareness of climate change within Asia’s youth and greater demand from investors and other stakeholders for disclosure of non-financial ESG information these new regulations are expected to push up demand for [...]

Apple is getting into renewable energy

Georgina — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:41:27 +0000

Data centres can consume up to 100 times more energy than a standard office building, so the ever- innovative Apple company has typically decided to do something news-worthy. The creators of the iPad, iPhone and iPod are getting into renewable energy, confirming that they will be constructing a 20-megawatt solar farm to help meet [...]

The future still looks green

GreenCollar — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:17:02 +0000

Economic uncertainty might have impacted on job growth in the renewable energy sector, but emerging areas of opportunity are keeping recruiters optimistic.

[This article was published in the The Weekend Australian. March 10-11, 2012 - Careers in energy and mining: Special advertising report -By LAURA CENCIGH-ALBULARIO]

WITH last week’s announcement that the Federal Government [...]

The irony inherent in resource conflict

Georgina — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:06:33 +0000

Remember the last time you were truly hungry? Were you cranky? You bet.The threat of worldwide resource conflict is becoming more real as developed nations plan ahead, buying up tracks of land in communities already struggling to feed themselves.

The UN projects that Earth’s population will rise from 7 billion currently to hit 9 [...]