LinkedIn’s 2025 Green Skills Report highlights a growing mismatch between sustainability hiring demand and the supply of workers with the right skills. The headline insight: green hiring is rising much faster than green skill development, creating a structural workforce bottleneck for climate goals.
What the report says
Green hiring is growing nearly twice as fast as the development of green skills. Tech leads the surge, fueled by the pressure to innovate sustainably while addressing AI’s environmental footprint. Financial services are also accelerating, especially in Europe, as regulations increase the need for climate-aligned expertise.
Source: LinkedIn
The biggest shift: green skills are no longer “green jobs”
For the first time, a majority of green hires are in non-green roles – a clear sign that sustainability literacy is becoming a baseline requirement across teams, not a niche specialization. Workers with green expertise are seeing materially higher hiring rates, with even stronger advantages in certain markets.
What this means for businesses and talent
Companies can’t rely on a small pool of sustainability specialists to carry the load. The competitive edge increasingly comes from embedding green skills into product, operations, finance, procurement, and leadership – and building internal upskilling pathways before talent scarcity becomes a growth blocker.
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