<mark>performed. The measurable definition by WIC is “a green job is one in which the work is essential to products and services that improve energy efficiency, expand the use of renewable energy, or support environmental sustainability.” The job involves work in any of these green economic activity categories: renewable energy and alternative fuels; energy efficiency and conservation; pollution, waste, and greenhouse gas management, prevention, and reduction; environmental cleanup and remediation and waste clean-up and mitigation; sustainable agriculture and natural resource conservation; education, regulation, compliance, public awareness, and training and energy trading.</mark> <mark>The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2010) defines green jobs based on the WIC framework. The BLS definition includes two components and consistent with the output and process approaches. Green jobs are either a) Jobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources b) Jobs in which workers' duties involve making their establishment's production processes more environmentally friendly or use fewer natural resources.</mark> <mark>BLS has identified 325 detailed industries (6-digit NAICS) as potential producers of green goods and services, which fall into one or more of the following five categories:</mark>

**<mark>1. Energy from renewable sources</mark>** <mark>. Electricity, heat, or fuel generated from renewable sources. These energy sources include wind, biomass, geothermal, solar, ocean, hydropower, and landfill gas and municipal solid waste.</mark>

**<mark>2. Energy efficiency.</mark>** <mark>Products and services that improve energy efficiency. Included in this group are energy-efficient equipment, appliances, buildings, and vehicles, as well as products and services that improve the energy efficiency of buildings and the efficiency of energy storage and distribution, such as Smart Grid technologies.</mark>

**<mark>3. Pollution reduction and removal, greenhouse gas reduction, and recycling and reuse.</mark>** <mark>These are products and services that:</mark>

- <mark>Reduce or eliminate the creation or release of pollutants or toxic compounds, or remove pollutants or hazardous waste from the environment.</mark>

- <mark>Reduce greenhouse gas emissions through methods other than renewable energy generation and energy efficiency, such as electricity generated from nuclear sources.</mark>

- <mark>Reduce or eliminate the creation of waste materials; collect, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, or compost waste materials or wastewater.</mark>

**<mark>4. Natural resources conservation.</mark>** <mark>Products and services that conserve natural resources.</mark>

- <mark>Included in this group are products and services related to organic agriculture and sustainable forestry; land management; soil, water, or wildlife conservation; and storm water management.</mark>

**<mark>5. Environmental compliance, education and training, and public awareness.</mark>** <mark>These are products and services that:</mark>

- <mark>Enforce environmental regulations.</mark>

- <mark>Provide education and training related to green technologies and practices.</mark>

- <mark>Increase public awareness of environmental issues.</mark>

Among the sectors listed above, detailed information is available on energy from renewable sources. All other sectors are contained within several GTAP sectors and do not contain any detailed information for South Asia. Therefore, the green sector definition used is the 29