Green jobs: global consequences emerging from new UK Labour government

Renwick, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6819-5746 and Barnes, B, 2025. Green jobs: global consequences emerging from new UK Labour government. In: Academy of International Business Asia Pacific 2025 Conference, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 9-12 December 2025.

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Abstract

Responding to literature calls to locate Human Resource Management (HRM) studies more contextually into public policy and regulation, we examine British green job creation under a new Labour government, and critique it using discourse analysis and political theory. Findings from official and unofficial British government texts and speeches reveal new UK-based green job creation appearing as contested terrain due to: concerns around green policy choices; differences between espoused versus enacted green jobs; policy implementation issues; the marginalization of HR, union and employee voices; and debates about state versus private equity funding. We contribute to the conference theme by illustrating such original UK contextual data as a valuable knowledge source to identify new stakeholders and approaches to help grow global economies through collaborative sustainability programmes. Implications arising for non-UK countries are detailed, alongside future research ideas, study limitations and conclusions.

Item Type:	Conference contribution
Creators:	Renwick, D. and Barnes, B.
Place of Publication:	Hanoi, Vietnam
Date:	22 June 2025
Identifiers:	Number Type 2459111 Other
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	26 Jun 2025 10:13
Last Modified:	26 Jun 2025 10:13
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53820

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