Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says

Net zero is the industrial opportunity of the 21st century, the CBI says, and its report found that the green economy was widely distributed around the UK. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.

The net zero economy grew by 10% in 2024 and generated £83bn in gross value added (GVA), a measure of how much value companies add through the goods and services they produce.