- Child Labour
- Decent work
- Domestic workers
- Economic and social development
- Employment promotion
- Employment security
- Equality and discrimination
- Forced labour
- Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
- Green jobs
- HIV/AIDS
- Labour administration and inspection
- Labour law
- Labour migration
- Millennium Development Goals
- Safety and health at work
- Skills, knowledge and employability
- Social security
- Tripartism and social dialogue
- Working conditions
- Youth employment
Green jobs
Green jobs are Decent jobs
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Green jobs are decent jobs that:
- Reduce consumption of energy and raw materials
- Limit greenhouse gas emissions
- Minimize waste and pollution
- Protect and restore ecosystems
Key resources
Latest publications
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The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge
20 December 2012
Watch
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A green initiative brightens Bangladesh
70% of families living in Bangladesh's countryside are without electricity. But now, with help from the ILO and Australia and the central government, some villagers can get low cost solar power. The demand for skilled workers in green jobs is also increasing.
News and articles
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South-South cooperation
“Alien plants” boost green jobs in South Africa
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Article
Greening Haiti
Rio + 20
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United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 20-22 June
ILO at RIO+20
World leaders came together to shape how to reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet. The ILO has taken a series of nine key messages to the Rio+20 summit, including a call for governments to reaffirm the goal of decent work for all as central to sustainable development.
Learn more
ILO Programmes
- ILO Green Jobs Programme
- Climate Change and Employers' Organizations
- Environment and Climate Change and Worker's organizations
- Programme on crisis and disasters response
- Skills for green jobs
Guide
Brochures
- Green jobs: a low-carbon economy with decent work in sustainable enterprises
- Green jobs: Improving the climate for gender equality too
Tools and training
Partnerships
- The ILO Green Jobs programme is also part of the United Nations system-wide strategy for addressing climate change and of the UN working group addressing the social dimension of climate change.
- Acting on climate change: the UN system delivering as ONE
- Asia and the Pacific: MOU between BMET and Grameen Shakti
Inside the ILO
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Slideshow
Greening the ILO
In June 2012, during the Rio+20 Conference, the ILO launched an exhibition at its headquarters entitled "Greening the ILO." The purpose of the exhibition and this presentation is to showcase some of the ILO's major efforts in greening its activities and buildings - through photos and words.