A new employment sector has emerged, and it is booming. A recent report prepared by the CSIRO for the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), predicts that the implementation of an Australian emissions trading scheme (AETS) will create around three million ‘Green collar’ jobs by 2015. Modelling from the report, titled, 'Growing the Green Collar Economy,' shows that post AETS introduction, long term employment figures are expected to increase to levels higher than present, with growth between 2.6 and 3.3 million jobs by 2025. Read full article >>

For those of you wanting to move your career into the sustainability sector, whether internally within your current organisation or to a whole new place of employment, often the most difficult step to overcome can be knowing where to start. With this in mind, we thought we’d give you a few clues as to how to go about the process of transitioning into sustainability. Read full article >>

Completing his MBA earlier this year in Australia, Mathias Witt, originally from Chile is currently undertaking an internship with a Melbourne based sustainability consultancy. Dean Steele-Bennett from Sustainability Jobs chatted with Mathias about his recent transition into the sustainability sector.
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