1. Green Industry & Green Job Statistics in Republic of Korea
Jaewon Lee
ILO / Statistics Korea

2. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Green Industry and Green Products
3. Environment Industry Survey
4. Green Job
Appendix 1: Classification of Green Products
Appendix 2: Question for Green Industry (2010 Economic Census)

3. 1. Introduction
“Green Growth with Low Carbon” as a new national vision
Focus on synergistic relationship between economic growth and environmental protection
Activities to measure green economy
Green industry
Census: Green industry statistics by economic census
Sample survey: Environment industry survey
Classification: Green products and Environment industry classification
Green job
Estimation: By the sales ratio of green product at establishment unit (economy census)
Survey: Question for number of environment workers (sample survey)
Research: Green job classification

4. 2. Green Industry and Green Products
Conceptual Definition
Green Industry: Industrial activities for achieving green growth with low carbon by producing following green products;
Enhancing efficiencies of energy and resources
Minimizing environmental pollution
Protecting or improving the environment
Classification of Green Products (Goods and Services)
4 categories (15 groups, and 47 minor groups) according to purposes, functions or other characteristics of green products
Green Energy
Pollution Control
Enhancement of Energy Efficiency
Enhancement of Resource Efficiency

5. 2. Green Industry and Green Products
Survey Framework
Designed for the Economic Census of 2010
Questions on green activities;
Category of green industry which activity belongs to
Detailed descriptions of green goods or services
Sales of green products
Coverage: Establishments for 9 main industries
Editing process
External information from registered data from industry associations and government organizations
Lists of establishments with a green certificate by “Green Technology Certification” Act and “Eco-Energy Efficiency Certification” Regulation

6. Category of green products
Sales and Its Share of Green Product
(Unit: Billion Won, %)
Industry (ISIC Rev. 4)
Category of green products
Sub-total
Green energy
Pollution control
Energy efficiency
Resource efficiency
Sales totaled in 9 industries (Billion Won)
92,501
19,943
21,557
28,167
22,834
B. Mining and quarrying & C. Manufacturing
41,397
8,504
7,033
17,501
8,360
D. Electricity, gas, steam, and water supply
11,133
7,101 10
4,022 -
E. Sewerage, waste management and
remediation activities
12,259 23
6,874
5,362
F. Construction
15,408
2,442
4,946
302
7,718
M. Professional, scientific and technical activities
10,987
1,854
2,573
6,085
476
Other Industries (A, N, J)
1,316 18
121
257
919
Shares by category in 9 industries (%)
100.0
21.6
23.3
30.5
24.7
20.5
17.0
42.3
20.2
63.8
0.1
36.1
0.2
56.1
43.7
15.9
32.1
2.0
50.1
16.9
23.4
55.4
4.3
1.4
9.2
19.6
69.9

7. 3. Environment Industry Survey
Survey Framework
Conducted annually since 2005
By Ministry of Environment and Korea Environment Corporation
Sample Size: 34,000 establishments (2011)
Coverage
Pollution Management Group: Production of equipment and specific materials, Construction and installation, Provision services
Resource Management Group: Water supply, Recycled materials
Excluded “Cleaner technologies and products group”
Classification: Special classification for environment industry based on “The Environmental Good & Service Industry Manual”(OECD, EUROSTAT)
No. of environment industry classification categories: 148 (5 digits) 6

8. Estimation of Green Job Survey for Environment Workers
Green employment as green jobs (economic census)
Assumption: ‘the sales ratio of green products equals to the employment ratio for production of these green products at establishment unit’
* Green jobs might be jobs allocated for production of green goods or services
Question for number of environment workers in establishment (Annual survey for environment industry)
Produce statistical tables by environment industries
Survey for Environment Workers

9. 4. Green Job Green Jobs by Industry (2010 Economic Census)
(Unit: Thousand person, %)
Industry (ISIC Rev. 4)
Whole
employment
Green jobs
(Share)
jobs ratio
Total (9 industries)
6,033.5
322.8 (100)
5.4
B. Mining and quarrying &
C. Manufacturing
2,980.5
105.2 (32.6)
3.5
D. Electricity, gas, steam, water supply
65.0
11.1 ( 3.4)
17.0
E. Sewerage, waste management and
remediation activities
63.8
59.2 (18.3)
92.8
F. Construction
1,066.7
79.9 (24.7)
7.5
M. Professional, scientific and technical activities
648.0
56.0 (17.4)
8.6
Other Industries (A, N, J)
1,209.5
11.5 ( 3.6)
1.0

10. 4. Green Job
Research for classification
Researches conducted by the Korea Employment Information Service ( )
Research Methods
Previous related studies: UNEP, ILO, BLS, Australia*, etc.
* Who are the green collar workers? (Ehmcke W., 2009)
Green Job Survey : name of green job, job description, required education and major, qualification, required skill, share of green job among whole responsibility, etc.
* Sample size: 144 establishments selected from the list of several registered data
Others: Interviews with experts and personal managers in green industry, occupational dictionary 9

11. Major & sub-major groups
4. Green Job
Research for classification
Research outputs
No. of green job
International standards for green job classification
Needs, possibilities, responsibilities, international cooperation, etc.
Major & sub-major groups
Minor groups
(3 digits)
Unit groups
(4 digits)
Under Unit groups 21 50 86
371
Discussion Topic 10

12. Appendix1 : Classification of Green Products
Classification of Green Products (Category 1 & 2)
Category
(4)
Group (15)
Minor Group (47)
1. Green
Energy
11. Renewable
Solar energy, Solar heat, Wind power, Bio energy, Ocean energy, Geothermal heat, Water power, Waste energy, Other renewable energy (9)
12. New Energy　
Fuel cell, Hydrogen energy, Clean fossil energy (3)
13. Other Green Energy
Nuclear power (1)
2. Pollution
Control
21. Air Pollution
CO2 treatment, Non-CO2 treatment (2)
22. Waste/Waste
Resource
Collecting or Recycling waste/waste resource, Waste/Waste Resource treatment, Other services on Waste (3)
23. Soil/Water
Wastewater/Excrement treatment, Water purification, Soil purification and eco-friendly detergent, Other purification activity (4)
24. Other Pollution
Eco-friendly agricultural production, Purifying indoor air, Noise/Vibration reduction, Other control activity (4)

13. Appendix1 : Classification of Green Products
Classification of Green Products (Category 3 & 4)
Category
Group
Minor Group
3. Enhancement
of Energy
Efficiency
31. Green Home &
Green Commercial
New light source with high-efficiency, Home appliance with high- energy efficiency, Other energy appliance (3)
Green
Transportation
Green car, Intelligent transportation system, Other green transportation (3)
33. Green Architecture
Building with high-energy efficiency (1)
34. Other Energy
IT on Power, Energy storage, Green computing/SW, Other activity with energy efficiency (3)
4. Enhancement
of Resource
41. Water Resource
Ocean resource, Water reuse, Leakage protection and water saving (3)
42. Forest Resource
Recycling waste paper/timber, Establishment of Green space, Forest resource management (3)
43. Mineral Resource
Recycling or Remanufacturing mineral resource (1)
44. Other Resource
Ecosystem protection, Preservation of biological diversity, Natural disaster prevention (3)

14. Appendix 2: Question for green industry
2010 Economic Census
* Green Industry Activities refers to activities achieving low carbon green growth by enhancing efficiency in energy and resources, by minimizing emission of greenhouse gas and polluting materials, and by manufacturing products or providing services that can improve the environment.
14. Green Industry Activities Involvement
Involved in Green Industry Activities
Please select all green industry fields that apply to your establishment.
Products or services related to new renewable energy and clean energy
(Photovoltaic power, solar, thermal, wind, hydrogen fuel cell, fuel cell, bio energy, etc.)
Products or services related to greenhouse gas reduction or containment
(Carbon capture & storage, nuclear plant, nuclear fuel, etc.)
Products or services related to improving energy efficiency
(high energy efficiency products/LED, green car, green IT, green equipments, eco-friendly construction materials, advanced materials, etc.)
Products or services related to improving resource efficiency
(environmental protection and improvement equipment, clean production, organic produce, recycled waste, etc. )
2. Please list detailed information on green industry products and/or services
3. Please indicate green industry sales as % of total turn over %
(2) Not Involved
(rounded to whole number)