GERMANY / GREEN JOBS

A new report led by the Green Jobs Initiative says the transformation to a greener economy could generate 15 to 60 million additional jobs globally over the next two decades and lift tens of millions of workers out of poverty. The German city of Freiburg is leading the way to more jobs and a greener economy through sustainable initiatives to its construction industry. ILO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:49
• Production Date: 31 May 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION - ILO
• Subject Topical: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCING; NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; EMPLOYMENT
• MAMS Id: U120531f

Description

STORY: GERMANY / GREEN JOBS
TRT: 1.49
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: GERMAN / NATS

DATELINE: 21-22 MAY 2012, FREIBURG, GERMANY

Shotlist

1. Various shots, city scenes
2. Various shots, exterior building with scaffolding
3. Various shots, workers working inside building
4. Med shot, Uwe Stegmueller talking to workers
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Uwe Stegmueller, Water System Engineer:
“It’s not possible to stay the way we were. If we don’t provide these new standards, there won’t be any more contracts from customers.”
6. Various shots, Josef Adrian onsite with workers
7. SOUNDBITE (German) Josef Adrian, Building Site Engineer:
“Getting into this was a great decision. Our sales are up three times what they were previously. We are so busy we can’t accept any new projects for the next three years.”
8. Wide shot, street
9. Wide shot, families in park
10. Close up, Vauban sign
11. Med shot, cyclists
12. Various shots, exterior of houses and buildings
13. Med shot, solar panels on roof
14. SOUNDBITE (German) Bernd Dallman, Green City Cluster CEO:
“We estimate we have created 12,000 jobs in green industries in Freiburg over the past twenty years and across many different sectors.”
15. Various shots, exterior of houses
16. Wide shot, people walking
17. Wide shot, people cycling

Storyline

The city of Freiburg, in the heart of Germany’s Black Forest, is known for its high quality of life. And Freiburg is working steadily towards a “greener” future.

Instead of tearing down this 1960s-era apartment block, the city is renovating and retrofitting it with the latest energy efficient technologies. Projects like this draw large and small construction firms from across the region employing workers qualified to meet the high demand for green technologies.

SOUNDBITE (German) Uwe Stegmueller, Water System Engineer:
“It’s not possible to stay the way we were. If we don’t provide these new standards, there won’t be any more contracts from customers.”

Josef Adrian is the lead engineer on the building site. The demand for green technologies in Freiburg has been a huge benefit for his business.

SOUNDBITE (German) Josef Adrian, Building Site Engineer:
“Getting into this was a great decision. Our sales are up three times what they were previously. We are so busy we can’t accept any new projects for the next three years.”

Across town is a vision of what a green future could look like. The Vauban is a former military garrison which was extensively renovated to meet green standards. With mostly private investment, Germany has put more than a hundred million Euros into green initiatives like this over the past twenty years, creating thousands of jobs along the way.

SOUNDBITE (German) Bernd Dallman, Green City Cluster CEO:
“We estimate we have created 12,000 jobs in green industries in Freiburg over the past twenty years and across many different sectors.”

A recent report jointly issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), says similar practices adopted worldwide could generate millions of jobs, lift tens of millions of workers out of poverty and reduce greenhouse emissions.