Measuring the green economy

Will McDowall and Janina Fuchs

Discussion Papers from Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence

Abstract: Policymakers globally have been and remain interested in understanding the scale of economic activity associated with various aspects of the green economy. But defining what is ‘green’ is not straightforward, and standard industrial classifications are unhelpful for many areas of green activity which involve relatively new technologies. This research has been funded by the Office for National Statistics as part of the research programme of the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE). The report reviews the definitions of ‘green’ economic activity used in a variety of contexts, and considers whether and how the UK’s approaches to estimating the ‘Environmental Goods and Service Sector’ could be improved.

Keywords: Green Economy; Environmental Policy; Green Jobs; Environmental Regulation; Sustainability Indicators; Green Economic Activity; Environmental Accounting; Green Technologies; Environmental Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E01 Q56 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-07-30
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