Ai Group’s Centre for Education and Training surveys a cross section of Australian businesses every two years to learn more about skills and workforce challenges across the economy. The survey asked businesses about their skills needs in relation to the transition to the clean economy for the first time in 2022. This year, the same questions were asked to see what’s changed and find out more about the skills and capabilities companies are looking for as they navigate this transition.

Key insights

• 21% of businesses surveyed reported an ‘emerging need’ for new skills over the last 12 months due to the clean economy transition. This was up significantly from 7% in 2022.
• This year over half (51%) of the businesses surveyed said the clean economy transition had had no effect on their skills needs over the last 12 months. This was up from 41% in 2022.
• In 2024, 21% of large businesses and 18% of medium businesses reported that the transition to a clean economy had driven an increased need for skills over the last 12 months. For large businesses, this was slightly down from 2022.
• 24% of large business and 22% of medium businesses surveyed reported ‘emerging’ skills needs as a result of the clean economy transition over the last 12 months, up from 19% and 16% respectively in 2022.