This document discusses occupations related to eco-innovation in the tourism industry. It defines green jobs as professional activities that aim to support environmental protection and address climate change through methods like energy savings and resource efficiency. Green collar jobs are commonly found in sectors like transportation, renewable energy, construction, tourism, and waste management. An eco-innovation business manager is responsible for developing sustainable processes, understanding environmental impacts, promoting organizational responsibility, and minimizing environmental harm. The document also lists skills needed for eco-innovation jobs and key occupations like environmental advisers, energy managers, and sustainability managers.

1. IM 1.2 Occupationsof eco-innovation in
partner countries

2. Learning Outcomes
The learner will be able to identify main and
current occupations in eco-innovation in tourism
industry.

3. What is green job?
The green jobs can be defined such professional
activities that aims to be in favour of environmental
actions and conflict with the global warming.
Using energy saving methods, resource efficient
economy, waste management and protection of natural
capital and promotion of sustainability are some
methods of the green jobs are using.

4. The green jobs’ characteristics
In the International Labour Organization (ILO) description:
• contribute to reducing the consumption of energy and
natural resources,
• reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
• limit the amount of waste and pollution,
• contribute to the protection of ecosystems and restore
their original state.

5. What is green collar job?
The main focus point of these jobs is sustainable
development in the modernization process.
Green collar jobs can be find commonly in the
sectors such as public transport, renewable
energy, construction, tourism and waste
management.

6. Who is Eco – innovation Business Manager?
An eco – innovative business manager is a business
manager who is responsible for;
• developing eco-innovative and circular, processes, products and
services,
• understanding the environmental impacts across the lifecycle of
products,
• developing organisational responsibility both customers and all
shareholders,
• recognising the sustainable development goals and;
• minimizing negative impacts of the company to the nature.

7. The benefits of green jobs in tourism industry
• To create decent employment opportunities,
• To enhance resource efficiency,
• To build low-carbon sustainable societies,
• To recognise the sustainable development goals and;
• To help minimizing negative impacts of the company
to the nature.

8. Why are the green jobs crucial for
hospitality industry?
Like other sectors, hospitality industry has some
commercial concerns too, such as increasing costs, big
government pressures and competitors’ activities have only
encouraged managers to contain sustainability and make it
an integral part of their organizational priority.
Also the visitors are progressively care the sustainability
issues and they expect hotels to adopt responsibility and
conduct their business sustainably.

9. The occupational skills for eco-
innovation
• Innovation management skills
• Communication and influencing skills
• Logical reasoning skills
• Entrepreneurship skills
• Teamwork skills
• The ability to plan ahead
• The ability to be adaptable to changes
• Knowledge of laws and regulations in eco-innovation
• Marketing Skills
• The ability to be aware of environment and sustainable
development

10. Needed occupations for eco-
innovation in SMEs
1) Eco-innovative Business Manager
2) Environmental Adviser
3) Energy Manager
4) Sustainability Manager

11. What does Eco- innovative Business Manager do?
An eco – innovative business manager transfers
his/her managerial knowledge on the green
issues. In many aspects, he/she is the bridge
between the theory of sustainability and the
practice of sustainable production in the
organisation.

12. What does Enviromental Adviser do?
Environmental adviser is a consultant who is
responsible for evaluating and estimating the
environmental performance of organisations, for
motivating to reach sustainable development
goals and for designing an enviromental strategy
and providing continuous monitoring actualized
results.

13. What does Energy Manager do?
Energy manager is a kind of manager who is
responsible for auditing enegy usages of
organisations, for deciding cost stucture of
energy consumtion in the organisations and for
investigating energy efficiency of organisations.

14. What does Sustainability Manager do?
A sustainability manager takes ressponsibility to
develop, implement and monitor of
enviremental strategies and procedures in
organisations, also he/she helps organisations to
reach and upgrade enviromental standards.