"The aim of the Climate Change and Work survey conducted by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in cooperation with Statistics Finland was to increase understanding of climate actions at Finnish workplaces, employees' climate attitudes and actions, and views on the effects of climate change on working life. The survey was the first representative study of the entire wage-earning population on the topic carried out in Finland. 1,917 employees from all sectors of the economy responded to the survey.
Employees in Finland have a largely shared view that the earth's climate is changing, while their views on how actively they themselves should act to mitigate climate change vary more. However, many of the respondents stated that they were motivated to change their own working methods, to present ideas for increasing ecological sustainability in their own work and to learn more about ways to mitigate climate change. Workplaces and industries differ greatly in their activity to implement measures to mitigate climate change and promote the green transition. However, there are also many respondents in all industries who cannot take a stand on the climate measures of their workplace. This suggests that in many workplaces the questions have so far not been integrated as part of the strategy, or the strategy has not been communicated effectively throughout the entire organization. There is also relatively little training on climate change mitigation or the green transition.
Employees do not believe that climate change will have dramatic labour market effects. Very few report that they are worried that climate change would lead to the loss of their own job. On the other hand, more employees than this believe that climate change could create more jobs in their own field. Especially many of the most highly educated employees believe that new and interesting job opportunities will arise for themselves in this way. The overall picture provided by the survey of the effects of climate change and the progress of the green transition in Finnish workplaces is based on the views of employees. In the future, it will be important to supplement the picture with a similar type of information collected from employers' representatives, as well as with more targeted studies paying more attention to special features of individual industries or professional groups"

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