New analysis from CBI Economics and ECIU reveals a £105 billion sector generating high-wage jobs across every UK nation and region.
The transition to net zero is often framed as a cost or a constraint on the economy. But a growing body of evidence, including this new suite of reports from ECIU and CBI Economics, points to a different and more compelling story. Net zero is already one of the UK’s most productive and geographically distributed industrial sectors, generating high-value employment, driving supply chain activity, and anchoring the UK within one of the defining economic transformations of our era.
The UK’s net zero economy now generates around £105bn in Gross Value Added and supports 1.1m full-time equivalent jobs, spanning energy, manufacturing, construction, engineering and professional services. The sector is underpinned by more than 23,500 businesses, over 96% of which are small or medium-sized enterprises. For every £1 of economic value created directly by net zero firms, a further £1.85 is generated across the wider UK economy through supply chains and household spending.
This series of reports provides the most comprehensive assessment yet of the net zero economy’s contribution at UK level and, for the first time, with standalone analyses for Scotland and Wales. Together they reveal a sector that has moved decisively from the margins to the mainstream of British economic life.
Read the full report here: https://www.cbi.org.uk/articles/net-gains-the-uks-net-zero-economy-in-2025/