The Green Economy Network is your business solution.

The GEN is a collective of green training programs, designed to provide the workforce of NYC’s green future. These are months-long trainings that meet industry expectations and are responsive to local regulations. Each trainee is carefully evaluated not only for their skills but also for their character. Successful graduates are skills-ready and personality-tested. GEN connects employers, developers, and jobseekers, saving you time and money, while talent developers have confidence that they only recommend good employers to their graduates. The best part? Hiring with us is free.

Hire our Graduates

Co-design training and curriculum

Our workforce providers are dedicated to ensuring that the skills that their talent graduate with are a direct match for in-demand occupations.

Experts collaborate with Experts

GEN is a collective of professionals in the field, each with their own expertise in the green and workforce development sector. We have over 30 member organizations with unique training programs and malleable curriculums. Not seeing the skills you need from talent you recruit? Work with our training programs to customize a training that leads to successful hires.

Workforces of the future need future-ready skills

The rise of AI calls attention to the need for human-centric skills and a tech-enabled workforce. GEN works at a labor market level to decipher baseline skills that workers need to thrive in an ever-changing tech landscape. Have an idea to empower blue-collar workers to green-collar? Work with us to upskill your on the ground teams.

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Where Our Graduates Work

NineDot Energy - NYCHA - Solar One - Urban Energy - Wildan …and more!

Association for Energy Affordability - Big REUSE - Breaking Ground - City of New York - Con Edison - The Doe Fund - Motivate LLC -

NineDot Energy - NYCHA - Solar One - Urban Energy - Wildan …and more! Association for Energy Affordability - Big REUSE - Breaking Ground - City of New York - Con Edison - The Doe Fund - Motivate LLC -

Certifications Offered

Training by Sector

  • Building Operations and HVAC

    • CUNY Building Performance Lab

    • The HOPE Program

    • Phipps Neighborhoods

    • Solar One

    • Stacks + Joules at Henry Street Settlement

    • St. Nicks Alliance

    • Willdan Clean Energy Academy

    • Youth Action YouthBuild

    Construction

    • Cypress Hills Local Development Corp

    • Green City Force

    • Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow

    • Solar One

    • St. Nicks Alliance

    • Rebuilding Together NYC

    • The Doe Fund

    • The HOPE Program

  • Solar

    • Solar One

      • Training partner for multiple organizations

    • RETI Center

    Wind

    • CUNY Bridges to Offshore Wind

  • Horticulture

    • The HOPE Program

    • The HORT

    Urban Farming

    • Green City Force

    • St. Nicks Alliance

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