text: Definition Karl Burkart defined a green economy as based on six main sectors:
  Renewable energy
  Green buildings
  Sustainable transport
  Water management
  Waste management
  Land management
  The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), representing global business, defines the green economy as "an economy in which economic growth and environmental responsibility work together in a mutually reinforcing fashion while supporting progress on social development".
  In 2012, the ICC published the Green Economy Roadmap, containing contributions from international experts consulted bi-yearly. The Roadmap represents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary effort to clarify and frame the concept of "green economy". It highlights the role of business in bringing solutions to global challenges. It sets out the following 10 conditions which relate to business/intra-industry and collaborative action for a transition towards a green economy:
  Open and competitive markets
  Metrics, accounting, and reporting
  Finance and investment
  Awareness
  Life cycle approach
  Resource efficiency and decoupling
  Employment
  Education and skills
  Governance and partnership
  Integrated policy and decision-making
  Finance and investing
  Green growth
  Approximately 57% of businesses responding to a survey are investing in energy efficiency, 64% in reducing and recycling trash, and 32% in new, less polluting industries and technologies. Roughly 40% of businesses made investments in energy efficiency in 2021.