Addressing the green skills gap, Germany

Germany is expected to have a shortage of 400,000 skilled workers by 2030 to implement the green transition. The shortage of personnel is therefore currently one of the greatest risks to achieving the goals of the German Climate Strategy. German companies are already noticing the effects today. In the Hays Germany Green Business Study 2024, in which we asked >780 companies about the implementation status and challenges of sustainability, 81% of companies stated that they had made sustainability a priority in their strategic corporate goals, while a lack of skilled workers and know-how within the company were cited as the biggest hurdles to advancing sustainability. 

With the Green Business division, we at Hays are therefore pooling our expertise across industries and specialist areas to support our clients with their specific sustainability opportunities and challenges. To this end, we have systematically built up a green pool of specialists along a green skills framework that reflects the diverse requirements of our customers' sustainability transformation - from the expansion of renewable energies and low-carbon production processes to the integration of sustainable business models or regulatory requirements into companies. 

In FY25, more than 800 of our business partners supported companies in roles or projects with a direct contribution to the green transformation. In this way, Hays is not only helping to create new jobs and close skills gaps but is also making a direct contribution to one of the biggest challenges currently facing society: the transition to a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy.