Abstract
With the development of concerns about environmental issues and advocacy and layout of the Green Economy in almost every country, a large number of Green-collar human resources demands inevitably have emerged. Green human resource development has become extremely urgent and important. It becomes significant to explore the approaches and major mechanisms for the development of green talent resources. Based on the clarification of the green meaning and extension meaning, and the literature review of green work, green employment and green the authors summarize and analyze the unique working and living values, norms and behaviors of green collar. Then, 300 Chinese white-collars in workplace were investigated for their Green Literacy in their daily work and life. The survey found that the green behavior of employees in their daily work and life is not optimistic, and lacking of environmental legal knowledge, know-how skills of coping environment and pollution issues, supportive hardware facilities and cultural atmosphere were major Problem. According to the two essential classification dimensions of the Green-collars: green work and work greenly, the authors put forward the following categories of Green-collar human resources: “Non-green collar, Light green collar, Fake green collar, True green collar and Decent green collar, Accordingly two typical evolution paths and development approaches were identified. Finally, the authors proposed and discussed the major Green-collar talents development mechanisms, including national green macroeconomic guidance, government policy support, green company certification and green management practices in enterprises, green culture propaganda, green-collar talents education and training, green work and life support in workplace, and society communication between green collars.
Highlights
The development of a green economy is an inevitable choice for countries all over the world to overcome economic and social development difficulties and achieve sustainable growth, especially for China, which is under the pressure of rapid economic development and constant environmental protection and environmental crisis
This paper argues that green collar refers to those who contribute to the improvement of the ecological environment, in the green industry, in green jobs, and in those who work and live greenly, that means yearning for, advocating a more healthy, natural, environment-friendly, simple and sustainable lifestyles, and supporting for public welfare
More than 70% of the respondents expressed concern about various environmental issues and environmental crises in the workplace and society, but only about 40% understand the relevant environmental laws and regulations, and 30% understand the knowledge of green products and green management certification
Summary
The development of a green economy is an inevitable choice for countries all over the world to overcome economic and social development difficulties and achieve sustainable growth, especially for China, which is under the pressure of rapid economic development and constant environmental protection and environmental crisis. By 2030, at least 21 million new jobs will be created in the renewable energy industry, with about 25% green-collars in the United States workforce. Low-carbon industry investment and green collar development will be a win-win strategy for the economy, employment, environment and social development. How to effectively develop a large number of green-collar talents to support the transformation and development of Chinese Green Economy is the challenge that should face sooner or later. On the basis of excavating the nature of Green-collar talent and its classification, identifying the growth path of green-collar, exploring the approaches and choices of Green-collar human resource development, establishing the key mechanism of green-collar talent development will play an important guiding role and make huge contribution to the development of Chinese economy transformation and its human resource development
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