Cross-industry LinkedIn data reveals company engagement in the European energy transition

IF 9.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114815

Huazhen Gui , Ke Yin , Pami Aalto , Chengcheng Hu , Chao He

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Abstract

Company engagement is a critical driver of European energy transition (ET). However, cross-industry analyses of this engagement remain limited, hindering the knowledge to support the ET. This study has employed a data-driven method combining statistical and content analyses to reveal the roles of companies and individual expertise in cross-industry ET within 27 European Union (EU) countries and the United Kingdom (UK) based on LinkedIn data. The findings indicate that advanced economies and supportive policies are vital for company engagement in the ET. The EU Green Deal and other initiatives may have prompted the establishment of 40 % of these companies. Significant regional differences in employee engagement in ET sectors were observed, which could be attributed to regional educational and skill differences. Furthermore, industries related to renewable energy and services are predominantly engaged in ET, with renewable energy and electrification technologies being vital in the ET job market. To ensure a balanced and inclusive ET, targeted policies are essential to support lagging regions, engage heavy industries, and align education with market needs. These findings can enhance the understanding of stakeholders on expertise needs in European ET, while the methodology could also be applied to other text-based topic analyses.

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跨行业领英数据显示，企业参与了欧洲能源转型

企业参与是欧洲能源转型（ET）的关键驱动力。然而，对这种参与的跨行业分析仍然有限，阻碍了支持ET的知识。本研究采用数据驱动的方法，结合统计和内容分析，揭示了27个欧盟（EU）国家和英国（UK）基于LinkedIn数据的跨行业ET中公司和个人专业知识的角色。研究结果表明，发达经济体和支持性政策对企业参与环境保护至关重要。欧盟绿色协议和其他举措可能促使40%的此类企业成立。研究发现，科技部门员工敬业度存在显著的地区差异，这可能归因于地区教育和技能差异。此外，与可再生能源和服务有关的工业主要从事ET，可再生能源和电气化技术在ET就业市场中至关重要。为了确保均衡和包容的教育，有针对性的政策至关重要，以支持落后地区，参与重工业，并使教育与市场需求保持一致。这些发现可以增强利益相关者对欧洲环境教育专业知识需求的理解，同时该方法也可以应用于其他基于文本的主题分析。

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Energy Policy 管理科学-环境科学

CiteScore

17.30

自引率

5.60%

发文量

540

审稿时长

7.9 months

期刊介绍： Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy conversion, distribution and use as well as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to contribute to climate change mitigation. The attributes of energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation and other public policy techniques. Energy policy is closely related to climate change policy because totalled worldwide the energy sector emits more greenhouse gas than other sectors.