‘It’s ironic some people of colour think being green is for white people’
The environmental sector ranks the second-worst for diversity in the UK. Just 3.1 per cent of workers are from minority backgrounds, according to a 2017 study from think tank Policy Exchange, with only farming faring worse at 1.4 per cent.
Just 0.6 per cent of environment professionals are people of colour. That’s a big problem, AFC head of programmes Laura Kravac tells The Big Issue, with “climate change impacting people from ethnic minority backgrounds and in the global south disproportionately”.
AFC is one of 30 environmental partner charities to launch Race for Nature’s Recovery, a
