In Australia, as you may be aware, there is a significant amount of discussion going on about the potential for a tax on carbon and the possibility of an emissions trading scheme being introduced ahead of 2013. Lost in the debate is the very real need to build skills capacity, particularly for those energy sectors that are seeing an immense amount of investment – such as renewable energy and technology.
This is the second survey over the last several quarters that looks to see what is happening on the business and industry side. The research looked at whether or not business was prepared for an emissions trading scheme, if they believed a tax on carbon should be introduced, if they believed there were enough skills in the economy to accommodate a rise in green jobs and, importantly, whether they were taking direct action themselves.
The next part of the research will be to look more closely at the actual skills required to support green jobs and what kinds of programs business and industry are undertaking to reduce carbon footprints.
You can download a copy of the survey summary @ http://www.sustaingroup.net/climatesurveyresults
Some of the quick data from the latest survey:
Quick data
This is the second survey over the last several quarters that looks to see what is happening on the business and industry side. The research looked at whether or not business was prepared for an emissions trading scheme, if they believed a tax on carbon should be introduced, if they believed there were enough skills in the economy to accommodate a rise in green jobs and, importantly, whether they were taking direct action themselves.
The next part of the research will be to look more closely at the actual skills required to support green jobs and what kinds of programs business and industry are undertaking to reduce carbon footprints.
You can download a copy of the survey summary @ http://www.sustaingroup.net/climatesurveyresults
Some of the quick data from the latest survey:
Quick data
- 63% of respondents remain unsure as to the impact of an emissions trading scheme on their specific industry sector. This is down by only 1% from the previous response of 64%
- 76.8% of respondents do not believe that Australia has the skills base to accommodate a rise in demand for green jobs or a growing green and renewable energy / technology sector. This is up from 63% in the previous survey
- 56.5% of respondents do not believe that the Government should introduce a tax on carbon ahead of a proposed emissions trading scheme (this question has been introduced into the survey and was not asked at the last survey)
- 42% of respondents do not believe the Government should wait for a global agreement on climate change while 40.6% believe they should. 17.4% were unsure.
- 63.8% or responding organisations are already taking direct action when it comes to reducing carbon footprints – this is up slightly from the previous survey which found 59% of organisations surveyed were taking direct action
- In a "balancing" question of what respondents thought of Opposition policy: 64% of respondents remain confused about what the Opposition mean by direct action. This is down from 76% in the previous survey
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