Industry Survey Results
2010 Greenhouse Gas & Climate Change Workforce Needs Assessment Survey Report
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Greenhouse Gas & Climate Change Workforce Needs Assessment Survey, our second annual international survey to determine the latest workforce needs of the greenhouse gas and global climate change industry.
In collaboration, Sequence Staffing and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute have again produced the industry’s most recent collection of data in relation to the greenhouse gas and climate change workforce around the world.
With the first survey last year, we believed it was vital to gain an in-depth understanding of the complex workforce needs and requirements for personnel measuring emissions and managing related to climate change data internationally. This survey expanded upon the first survey to see how prominent of a role climate change now play’s throughout the world. It has furthered our understanding of the needs of this emerging and evolving workforce.
The survey was intended as a policy neutral approach to obtaining information from the combined international community and experts. Our focus was on acquiring valuable and much needed data while not promoting a policy or specific protocols, standards or programs. All data was collected using a blind, anonymously recorded IT infrastructure to assure the most detailed, statistically accurate response possible.
We hope you find this report valuable as we continue to work to tell the evolving story of the newly emerging greenhouse gas accounting and management profession. Key findings of the report include:
1. Climate change remains an emerging field where practitioners rise quickly through the ranks.
2. GHG training gets high marks overall, but serious reservations are noted.
3. U.S. facilities are ill-prepared for regulatory emissions reporting, while American and international companies cite confidence in climate risk disclosure.
4. Climate change practitioners support U.S. carbon pricing, yet are concerned about the level of public understanding on climate issues.
5. The carbon management software market is still in an embryonic stage.
6. Practitioners are concerned with peer competency; auditors are divided over the quality of work.
7. Carbon markets are not up to snuff; auditing needs enhanced governance.
8. GHG personnel are failing to meet current market requirements; competency concerns loom with the expansion of climate programs.
9. Climate employers and job seekers cite challenges in demonstrating and assessing carbon competency; they see professional certification as a fix.
To view the survey results, please click here.
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2010 Environmental, Engineering and Construction Salary Report
California & Nevada
Sequence is proud to introduce the California & Nevada Environmental, Engineering and Construction Salary Report for 2010. This report provides employers and employees alike a comprehensive guide to salary expectations in these key industries within these two western states.
With the prominent role the environmental, engineering and construction industries represent in our economy and our communities, we believed it was vital to gain an in-depth understanding of the differences in salary scales within the regions presented in this report.
We hope this report will be a starting point toward leveraging information to better understand and address the compensation needs and requirements of the workforce.
Should you have any questions or would like to discuss this report in further detail, please feel free to give us a call at 916-782-6900.
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2009 Greenhouse Gas & Climate Change Workforce Needs Assessment
Sequence Staffing, in collaboration with the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, is pleased to present the results of the 2009 Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Workforce Needs Assessment Survey.
This survey represents the industry’s first collection of data in relation to the greenhouse gas and climate change workforce.
With the prominent role that climate change represents globally, we believed it was vital to gain an in-depth understanding of the complex workforce needs and requirements for personnel measuring emissions and managing related climate change data internationally.
How decisions are made, how resources are allocated, and how results are measured will all involve this critical information. We hope this survey will be a starting point towards leveraging information to better understand and address the needs of this newly emerging and evolving workforce.
The survey was intended as a policy neutral approach to obtaining information from the combined International community and experts. Our focus was on acquiring valuable and much needed data while not promoting policy or specific protocols, standards or programs.
Seven of the Key findings of the report include:
1. Greenhouse gas accounting is critical to combating global climate change.
2. There is a significant shortage of qualified personnel and experts to meet the challenges.
3. The GHG accounting and climate change industry is projected to grow significantly as a “super sector.”
4. Carbon is projected to be traded at volumes greater than other major commodities such as steel or coal.
5. Given the labor shortage, the risk is moderately high that carbon trading could face accounting scandals like those symbolized by Enron, WorldCom and Tyco.
6. Greenhouse gas accounting is expected to become professionalized like that of the IT Industry; to grow very large and very rapidly.
7. Educational institutions are not adequately training new graduates with GHG accounting and management skills to meet climate change demands.
We hope that you find this report valuable as we continue to work to tell the evolving story of the newly emerging greenhouse gas accounting and management profession.
Should you have any questions or would like to discuss these survey results in further detail please feel free to contact us at anytime at 916-782-6900.
 
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