Raising awareness of green careers
3 to 8 November 2025
Green Careers Week raises awareness of the variety of careers available in green industries to young people. Throughout the week businesses, charities, universities and even museums share resources, case studies and run events to inspire young people to choose a green career.
We're proud to support Green Careers Week and help raise aspirations for engineering and technology roles and challenge stereotypes associated with green jobs. Watch our social media channels during the week and explore our existing content to inspire your own activity.
Things to think about
- the engineering and technology industry is essential to providing solutions to climate change, achieving net zero and transitioning to clean energy
- demand for skills for green jobs is increasing, with up to 725,000 new jobs needed to support the UK’s transition to net zero across a wide range of sectors
- 64% of young people are interested in climate change issues
- 35% of young people are interested in a career that will help reduce the impact of climate change
- in the past 5 years there has been a 48% increase in job adverts mentioning ‘green skills’, and a 55% increase in adverts for ‘green jobs’
Thinking of taking part?
Activities across the week include:
- showcasing green engineering and technology careers and shouting about how they’re making a difference
- sharing company activity towards tackling climate change announcing any pledges made
- spotlighting outreach activities to encourage an interest amongst young people for green careers
The workforce needed for net zero
Engineering solutions will drive decarbonisation across the UK, as will a skilled engineering workforce. Many of the jobs that will deliver this transformation have already been created but many will be newly created for the future workforce.
The Climate Change Committee estimates that “Between 135,000 and 725,000 net new jobs could be created by 2030 in low-carbon sectors, such as buildings retrofit, renewable energy generation and the manufacture of electric vehicles.”
Our net zero workforce report summarises recent reports on the green jobs required to meet this challenge.
Inspiring the young people to consider a green career
Whether you’re working in decarbonisation, energy, or sustainable development, sharing your expertise in the classroom can inspire students to consider green careers. Get hands on and volunteer in schools through one of our programmes or as a Climate Change ambassador.
Already involved in outreach?
We have a suite of career resources including posters and postcards to share with schools, helping young people navigate a future green career. Why not use our resources to compliment your activities.
Ways to promote green careers
We know that young people are interested in the environment and climate change. If your company is considering outreach, exploring climate change can be a great way to inspire students to look at green careers. Our Promoting engineering and technology careers through environmental sustainability guide has everything you need to design and deliver outreach that will inspire the next generation.
How to meaningfully embed environmental sustainability in STEM outreach
Already run outreach programmes but looking to evaluate your activity? Our evaluation report offers insights into how to meaningfully embed sustainability in STEM outreach. Based on findings from our programmes the report identifies key lessons for designing impactful content. The report shows how sustainability themes not only engage students but also enhance their understanding of engineering and technology’s role in solving global challenges.
Inspiration for schools’ outreach
We know that young people are interested in and motivated by environmental sustainability, but there is little focus on its connection with engineering in schools. We designed the Climate Schools Programme, to help students explore solutions to tackling climate change and discover how engineers are a key part of this. Our Energy Quest programme encourages students to act like an engineer and work together to generate energy, make clean water, or design a shelter.
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