{"id":1104,"date":"2026-06-05T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:50:27","slug":"uks-net-zero-economy-worth-more-an-100bn-per-year-cbi-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/uks-net-zero-economy-worth-more-an-100bn-per-year-cbi-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s net zero economy worth more an \u00a3100bn per year, CBI finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-marker=\"556cf845-c25b-4abb-b667-31d7cc6c54e6\" data-beyondwords-player=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-612912 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"net zero\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iStock-2248229301.jpg?resize=860%2C516&amp;ssl=1\"><\/h4>\n<h4>The UK\u2019s green economy is worth \u00a3105bn and generating \u2018high-wage jobs\u2019 across every UK nation and region, research from the Confederation of British Industry finds.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-beyondwords-marker=\"9ceda19c-de09-4c62-b972-aa831d59d7e1\">Despite being often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/features\/how-the-circular-economy-can-learn-from-net-zero-messaging-missteps\/\">framed as a cost or a constraint on the economy<\/a>, the research found that net zero generates around \u00a3105bn in Gross Value Added (GVA) and supports 1.1m full-time equivalent jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-beyondwords-marker=\"e01f9bf1-6827-422b-a39f-715a44939448\">GVA is a way of measuring how much value a business, industry, or region contributes to the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-beyondwords-marker=\"f666ccbe-d89a-453d-a202-be8bdfaa9c5c\">According to the analysis, for every \u00a31 of economic value created directly by net zero firms, a further \u00a31.85 is generated across the wider UK economy through supply chains and household spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-beyondwords-marker=\"183eb634-be7e-4507-8be2-3498891019b3\">Established in 1965, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is the UK\u2019s largest British business interest group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-beyondwords-marker=\"1db7d4ac-5999-4066-b677-3031a5adac5e\">The analysis, produced by CBI Economics, found the net zero sector supports jobs in energy, manufacturing, construction, engineering, and professional services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-beyondwords-marker=\"4d0d750f-1ea8-4e41-8da8-3401f0f7f0ee\">The sector is underpinned by more than 23,500 businesses, according to the research, over 96% of which are small or medium-sized enterprises.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"a6cc019a-cbcf-486f-9ba8-8fbc47503a17\">The CBI said that net zero is one of the UK\u2019s \u2018most productive and geographically distributed industrial sectors\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Louise Hellem, Chief Economist at CBI, said net zero is a \u2018significant and growing\u2019 part of the UK\u2019s industrial base.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat stands out is not just the scale, but the breadth. Net zero-related activity is embedded across energy, manufacturing, construction, engineering and professional services, with activity present in every nation and region of the UK,\u201d Hellem said.<\/p>\n<p>However, she warned the opportunity is not guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability to convert investment pipelines into delivered projects, develop the necessary skills, and create a stable environment for business investment will be critical to determining how much value the UK ultimately captures,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/uks-net-zero-economy-worth-more-an-100bn-per-year-cbi-finds\/\">UK\u2019s net zero economy worth more an \u00a3100bn per year, CBI finds<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\">Circular Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The UK\u2019s green economy is worth \u00a3105bn and generating \u2018high-wage jobs\u2019 across every UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}