As green technologies progress and the world strives towards a low carbon future, changes in processes and new business models will require new or differing skill sets, and equipping the workforce suitably is presenting itself as a mission-critical challenge, akin to a green ‘industrial revolution’. Crucially, the race to net zero will falter should the increasing gap between green jobs and green skills not be addressed, and with governments seemingly failing or unable to act, it will fall to businesses to respond.

Zero Carbon Academy’s (ZCA) groundbreaking market research report into cleantech investment assesses the leading players and startup companies set to disrupt this critical sector over the coming year. Alongside ZCAs proprietary ‘Cleantech top 50’ analysis, the research provides assessment of key trends and developments within this increasingly disruptive collection of innovative technologies and processes. Further, this granular report quantifies financial investment and funding rounds made towards businesses within cleantech from 2019 to the end of May 2024, with data broken out by both industry sector and by geographical region.

This research explores Zero Carbon Academy’s top 5 sustainability trends for 2025. With our top trends aligned to our own scoring system and associated heatmap.

With roughly 2% of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions produced by the apparel sector, it is critical that the textiles industry addresses emissions. In a ground-breaking study, including survey data from industry professionals, ZCA & WTiN have explored attitudes towards net zero in the textiles industry. In this research we have identified the key challenges facing organisations and stakeholders operating within the textiles sector. Key areas addressed include, sustainability budgets, net zero targets, barriers to net zero, and key takeaways and recommendations.

This research explores Zero Carbon Academy’s top 5 sustainability trends for 2023. With our top trends aligned to our own scoring system and associated heatmap.

Zero Carbon Academy’s flagship report into the EV industry and associated charging landscape analyses the key trends and developments in this critical sector aligned to 5-year market forecasts. This deep-dive research analyses government policy, EV roll-out targets and deadlines, consumer demand, technological developments, charging types and battery technologies. The report assesses the current market opportunities alongside key recommendations and prospects for both the public and private sector.

The drive for the global community – including national governments, businesses, and organisations, to address the environmental impact of fossil fuel use is altering the way in which many industries function. These new regulatory and technological requirements will change the way we work, and thus the skills needed to succeed. The worrying findings at present are that the demand for green skills is set to rapidly outpace the number of skilled workers.

This research explores Zero Carbon Academy’s top 5 sustainability trends for 2023. With our top trends aligned to our own scoring system and associated heatmap.