Green employment initiative: tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy

Own-initiative report on a green employment initiative tapping the job-creation potential of the green economy. Amendments cite the ILO/UNEP definition of a green job and the European Environment Agency, address resource use, climate change, carbon leakage, skills deficiencies, shifting from labour to environmental taxation, a just transition with worker participation, the role of SMEs and the public sector, and schemes such as the Ecolabel, EMAS and green public procurement.