The green economy is worth USD 5 trillion a year
Green revenues grow twice as fast as conventional ones. C3 can already unlock USD 13 billion of inset credits from more than 350 projects.
The Green Economy is worth over $5 trillion annually, and C3 can already unlock $13 billion of inset credits, from +350 Scope 3 projects, amounting to over 260 million tonnes of CO2eq
Despite recent headlines suggesting the climate transition is stalling, overall growth in green investments has not wavered. Worth over $5 trillion per year, the green economy is the world’s most dynamic growth sector after technology.
Green revenues are growing twice as fast as conventional revenues on average and companies operating in these markets typically gain access to cheaper capital and often enjoy premium valuations on capital markets.
Read the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report here weforum.org
Explore the Carbon3 (C3) platform here https://www.carbon3.net/
Originally published on LinkedIn, 6 December 2025.
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