As a Benefit LLC, Substance151 seeks to create positive impact through our daily operations, education and community involvement. Our inaugural 2011 Sustainability Report celebrates our accomplishments and sets goals for continued improvement.
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IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of business and managemant and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications inbusiness and management. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
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1. Green Jobs in the Louisiana
Forest Sector Supply-Chain
Ryan D. Olson, Richard P. Vlosky, Paul M. Darby, and Dek Terrell
Forest Products Society 65th International Convention
June 19-21, 2011
Portland, Oregon
2. Outline
• What are Green Jobs?
• The Louisiana Forest Sector
• Study Objectives
• Methodology
• Results
• Conclusions
3. Overview of Green Jobs
• Green jobs are well-paying
• Green jobs tend to be local jobs
• Green jobs contribute directly to preserving or
enhancing environmental quality
• Green jobs provide pathways out of poverty
• Green jobs require some new skills
Source: http://www.greenforall.org/resources/green-collar-jobs-overview
4. Green Job Activity Categories
• Education, Public Awareness, and Compliance
• Energy Efficiency
• Green Certification*
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction
• Pollution Reduction and Cleanup
• Recycling and Waste Reduction
• Renewable Energy
*Unique to our study
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
5. Green Jobs Definitions
• A green job is defined by its involvement
in a green activity – one that helps protect
or restore the environment or conserve
natural resources.
• A primary green job is one that has a
primary focus on a green activity.
Source: Louisiana & Mississippi Green Job Consortium
6. Green Jobs Definitions
Green jobs are:
• Jobs in businesses that produce goods or
provide services that benefit the environment
or conserve natural resources.
• Jobs in which workers’ duties involve making
their establishment’s production processes
more environmentally friendly or use fewer
natural resources.
Source: Louisiana & Mississippi Green Job Consortium
7. Green Job Category Activities
Examples of accurate green job activities
Green Job Category Accurate Green Job Activities
• Education, Public Awareness and
• Certification Training Director
Compliance
• New Product Development for Home
• Energy Efficiency
Insulation
• Green Certification • LEED Coordinator
• Carbon Capture and Sequestration
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Research
• Manage Facility’s Storm Water Run-
• Pollution Reduction and Clean-Up
off
• Manufacture Products from Recycled
• Recycling and Waste Reduction
Materials
• Renewable Energy • Fuel Grinding Operation
8. Green Job Category Activities
Examples of inaccurate green job activities
Green Job Category Inaccurate Green Job Activities
• Education, Public Awareness and
• Safety Officer
Compliance
• Every Employee Turns off the Lights
• Energy Efficiency
at Night
• A Fork-Lift Operator in a Company
• Green Certification with an FSC Chain-of-Custody
Certificate
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction • Hybrid Fleet Bus Drivers
• Pollution Reduction and Clean-Up • Maintains Cleanliness of Repair Shop
• Every Employee Participates in Office
• Recycling and Waste Reduction
Recycling
• Every Employee in a Facility Using
• Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
9. Louisiana Forest Sector
• $3.1 billion economic impact in 2010
• 14 million acres of forestland (50% of land area)
• 148,000 forest landowners
• Private non-industrial ownership: 81%
• Forest products industries ownership: 10%
• Public ownership: 9%
Source: 2011 Louisiana Forestry Facts – Louisiana Forestry Association
10. Louisiana Forest Sector
Louisiana’s second largest manufacturing employer: 12,694 jobs
Harvesting and transportation: 8,000 jobs
Source: 2011 Louisiana Forestry Facts – Louisiana Forestry Association
11. The Study
Funding from the U.S. Department of Labor
First study to examine green jobs in the LA forest sector supply chain
Study Objectives
1. Characterize green jobs across activity categories
2. Estimate the number of green jobs and wage impact in the
Louisiana forest products supply chain
3. Predict growth potential in green jobs in the sector
12. The Study
The sample frame for the study included all Louisiana
companies in 53 NAICS code categories ranging from logging
to newspaper publishers to home center retailers.
Forest landowners were not surveyed.
Data was purchased from Best Mailing Lists, a national
provider.
The method of data collection was a mail survey questionnaire.
Survey procedures were conducted in accordance with the
Tailored Design Method (Dillman 2000)
13. Louisiana Green Jobs Survey
Pre-Testing Questionnaires 7,740 surveys mailed, 2,761
were undeliverable, not
Revision appropriate, or unwilling to
participate
Pre-Notification Postcards
251 usable surveys
1st Mailing
Adjusted Response Rate=5.0%
Reminder Postcards
Second Mailing to Non-Respondents
14. Respondent Demographics
Which activity/activities best describe your company’s position in the
Louisiana forest products sector supply chain?
Percent of respondents by activity (n=251) (multiple responses possible)
15. Respondent Demographics
Which of the following operations does your company
currently have located in Louisiana?
Percent of respondents by operations (n=251) (multiple responses possible)
17. Respondent Demographics
Respondents are in 50 of 64 parishes in Louisiana (n=228)
Highlighted Parishes were
represented by survey
respondents
Red indicates the top 10
parishes by number of
responses
18. Results
Actions and attitudes toward green activities and jobs
(n=237)
Statistically
Yes No
sig. diff.
Do you believe sustainability is important to your company? 80% 8% **
Do you believe green practices add value to your company? 53% 27% **
Have your customers ever requested green products? 46% 45%
Has your company ever requested green products from a
42% 49%
supplier?
Are green practices a priority to your company? 31% 58% **
Does your company prefer suppliers with green certification? 25% 52% **
Is your company willing to incur additional costs to provide
15% 63% **
green jobs?
*statistically different at α =0.05
**statistically different at α =0.01
19. Results
Correlations of Green Attitudes to Revenue, Full-time
Employment, Current Green Jobs, and Green Jobs in Five Years
Mean of Green Attitudes*
Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-
n
Coefficient tailed)
Revenue 0.107 0.105 230
Full-time Employment 0.209 0.001 240
Current Green Jobs 0.309 0.000 232
Green Jobs in Five
0.337 0.000 229
Years
*green attitudes represent the mean response to the following questions:
• Are green practices a priority to your company?
• Do you believe sustainability is important to your company?
• Do you believe green practices add value to your company?
20. Results
Does your company have Do opportunities exist for
any current projects that current employees to move
may create green jobs? into a green job category?
(n=244) (n=238)
Yes
(24%)
21. Results
If your company has projects that may create green jobs, please
indicate which activities below best describe them.
Number of projects by category (n=244) (multiple responses possible)
22. Results
Please indicate the likelihood of each of the following to spur
green job creation within your company.
Scale: 1=very unlikely; 2=somewhat unlikely; 3=neutral;
4=somewhat likely; 5=very likely (n=226)
*statistically different at α =0.05
**statistically different at α =0.01
23. Results
Please estimate the percentage of your employees that currently
have green jobs/will have green jobs in five years.
(n=229)
Percent of Employees
24. Results
Percent of accurate and inaccurate green job activity descriptions
(n=166 descriptions)
• Maintains • Bundle
cleanliness of cardboard for
repair shop recycling
• Safety advisor • SFI Certification
• Carpenter •EHS manager
Accurate
(81%)
25. Results
In the Louisiana forest products supply chain:
Avg. number of green jobs per company: 2.7
Number of companies: 4,968
Green jobs employment (est.): 13,199
Green jobs annual wages in 2010 (est.): $494.3 million*
* Using Oregon average hourly wage rate for a forest sector green job of $18.73/hour as a proxy
Source: www.qualityinfo.org/pubs/green/greening.pdf
26. Summary
In the Louisiana Forest Sector Supply Chain……
• Nearly a half billion dollars in Green Job wages are estimated
to have been paid to over 13,000 employees in 2010.
• There are misconceptions about the green job definitions.
• Education is necessary to ensure understanding of green jobs
so the can be properly measured.
• Profitability and Government Incentives were the two
strongest drivers of green job creation.
• On average, respondents expect the percent of employees
with green jobs in their companies to increase 33% in the next 5
years.
27. Questions? Comments?
Please Contact:
Ryan D. Olson
Graduate Research Assistant
Louisiana Forest Products Development Center
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225.578.7015
rolson4@lsu.edu
www.lsu.edu/lfpdc
