1. The green economy was worth £122bn in 2011, representing 9.3 per cent of the overall economy.
2. The sector has grown at 4-5 per cent since 2008 and is projected to continue to grow at around five per cent a year.
3. The low carbon goods and services sector employed 939,600 people in 2010-11, significantly more than the auto industry with 518,400 employees and the telecommunications sector with 212,900 people.
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