July 26, 2010 - ECO Canada
has released its Canadian Environmental Sector Trends 2010 report,
a high-level research report that investigates the factors and
drivers of growth and change in the environmental sector, with
special focus on how change will affect employment, occupations and
macro labour issues.
The environmental sector is a highly
complex field of endeavour, comprised of a diverse set of
activities ranging from high-growth segments such as carbon
emissions reductions markets, to regulated growth markets such as
waste management, to declining employment markets in the natural
resource industries.
The report, which has proven highly useful for
researchers and strategic decision-makers involved in the
environmental sector as well as those looking to enter into an
environmental career, provides employers,
government, environmental
practitioners and ECO Canada with
a broad and detailed overview of
the trends affecting growth in
Canada's environmental sector .
The report stresses that emerging areas of the
environmental sector, namely carbon & climate change mitigation
and investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy resources
will drive the greatest future growth for the environmental sector
and should be incorporated into future definitions and models of
the environmental sector
Key findings of the study include:
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Over the last decade there has been a
gradual trend toward pollution prevention activities as a
replacement for pollution abatement and control activities.
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The Carbon Offset Market is experiencing
176% Annual Growth.
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Emerging areas of the environmental sector,
namely carbon & climate change mitigation and investments in
energy efficiency and renewable energy resources will drive the
greatest future growth for the environmental sector.
"The research team at ECO Canada
provides the critical information needed in order to support the
growth that is occurring in the environmental sector," says Grant
Trump, president and CEO of ECO Canada.
"These research studies pinpoint
critical issues, allowing the environmental sector to develop
strategies to meet its full economic and employment potential," he
added.
The objective of ECO Canada's Labour Market
Information reports are to provide Canada's environmental
stakeholders including employers, the academic community, potential
employees, and governments at all levels with current and accurate
information to help guide initiatives and foster growth within the
sector.
More information can be found on our website
as well as English and French copies of the report available for
free public download
.
Environmental Careers Organization Canada (ECO
Canada) is a not-for-profit corporation that assists the Canadian
environment sector in implementing sound human resource development
policies. Since its founding in 1992 (as the Canadian Council for
Human Resources in the Environment Industry, or CCHREI), ECO Canada
has taken great strides
toward developing a national human resource strategy that is
focused towards the needs of environmental practitioners, employers
and educators.