Industry
UK environmental industries are experiencing significant growth as part of a global market estimated to be worth over £500 billion. Conservative forecasts estimate that this figure is increasing by at least 3% per annum. The scale of the opportunity for UK companies is immense.
Environmental industries UK are already estimated to generate an annual turnover of over £25 billion, this has risen from an estimated £16 billion just two years ago.
Environmental industries in the UK are employing 400,000 people within over 17,000 companies. All of the nine English regions are reporting rapid growth in the sector.
The growth of environmental industries is a unique opportunity to turn new ideas and technologies into profitable business growth, creating jobs and wealth, whilst protecting and improving the quality of the environment.
Environmental industries bring together social, environmental and economic rewards in unison, appealing to investors, governments, innovators and industrialists in equal measure.
