GREEN OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT
By Sipho Graham Ndebele
Employment has now become a gamble and its security is not certain. We have seen Covid-19, Artificial Intelligence and Technology pushing companies to downsize or terminate certain occupations. Dynamics have shaped us as human beings. This has diminished and replenished certain situations and their risks and opportunities. The International Labour Organisation (ILO), World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2018 reported that 24 million jobs could open up as we adopt sustainable practices and cleaner technologies. Green Jobs are activities that create added value products or services from waste products. This is done by realising opportunities in our environmental challenges and exploiting them as solutions thus promoting circular economy and green growth. Through innovation and entrepreneurship, green initiatives solve environmental challenges and
create employment in the value and supply chain process. In the world that we live today, we face many challenges such as load shedding, waste landfills and water shortages which undermine our productivity and also pose hazards to our well-being and our environment. These challenges have opportunities locked within them through solutions hence our mindset and abilities are up for the task to identify and unlock the value within them.
