German manufacturers profit from climate protection
Cologne Institute for Economic Research
German companies booked revenues of some 66 billion euros with products and services aimed at environmental and climate protection in 2015, the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW Köln) says in a report. Metal working and electronics manufacturers raked in the lion share, with machinery makers accounting for the largest part of any individual industry group. Nearly half the turnover came from exports. Some 260,000 jobs were linked to environmental protection, 174,000 of those in the manufacturing industry.
Find the IW Köln’s report in German here.
Find more background on where the Energiewende has been creating and killing jobs and how German manufacturers in general have been faring in the CLEW dossiers.
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