At the national level, according to the three specialists consulted for this note, The trend is for more companies to open positions related to profiles that contribute to the protection of ecosystems and compliance with regulations on the matter, therefore, the salary proposals of said Professional careers they are usually even in a higher range. Which are?
- Environmental Lawyers: According to Patrick Venail, director of Environmental Engineering at UTEC, environmental standards have begun to change rapidly at the international level; and in Peru, new regulations appear at least every three months due to the precision with which new sources of pollution or components harmful to health can now be detected. Graduates of this career might start with salaries from S/ 2,500 and as long as they can continue to specialize, reach more than S/ 6,000.
- environmental engineers: In the Peruvian labor market, the boom in demand for these professionals began more than five years ago, although under a different approach, mentions Venail. Before they were required only for companies to meet the standards of environmental regulations; today they have a more proactive position, starting to propose more responsible processess. A graduate of this career can initially aspire to a salary of S / 3,000 and as he gains experience he can reach up to S / 15,000 per month.
- environmental expert: In our country – says Miguel Carrera, professor of the Specialty of Environmental Expertise of the Postgraduate School of the Wiener University– basically those who need these services are the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, the State Attorney General’s Office and the Public Ministry. But also private companies, when they need to demonstrate whether or not they are responsible for an environmental crime and how much it has been, and demonstrate what damage has been caused and what activities they are carrying out to remedy the contaminated area. “A simple consultancy to a private company might cost from S/ 10,000 to US$ 10,000, if it has to do with an environmental expert assessment of economic valuation of environmental damage. What I am currently seeing is that some companies are requesting services and teams of professionals can charge upwards of US$200,000″.
- power engineer: The energy transition in the world is imminent. In Peru, the debate regarding how the energy matrix will be composed encourages the employability of experts in this field. Engineers who propose the best way to provide energy to society and promote the wind market, energy alone and geothermal energy, but also find more friendly formulas to exploit fossil energy (oil and natural gas), is increasing. An expert in this field might earn more than S / 7,000.
But are not the only ones. María Ángela Prialé, vice-dean of the Academic Department of Administration of the Pacific universitysaid to Management.pe what careers linked to business, finance and administration are also beginning to have a vision of sustainability, considering that the business sector is no longer only in search of a CEO, but also of a sustainability manager “That has the ability to know the entire business but with the knowledge to propose innovation and changes framed in the Sustainable Development Goals,” he mentions.
In anticipation, adds Prialé, they have just updated their Administration career curriculum, to include mandatory courses on social responsibility, sustainable finance, sustainable metrics with an ESG (Enviromental, Social and Governance) approach, as well as the development of sustainable companies.
From the academic point of view, the time will come when professionals in the natural sciences, such as biologists, a forest engineer, a specialist in geographic information systems, among others, will need to integrate management tools into their training. “There will be an interdisciplinary look”, he comments.
Although this might take another five years, according to Venail’s calculations. Well, although there are business sectors such as mining, agribusiness, textiles and services that are going a step forward in hiring these new professional profiles, there are activities that still do not seek to reduce their CO2 emissions, but are also choosing to offset said emissions with the purchase of carbon bonds or tree plantations.
other races that the Peruvian market also offers and have job opportunities are: Environmental Technologies, specialist in Water and Effluent Treatment, Energy Management, Geomatics Applied to Environmental Management, Monitoring of Soil Quality Assessment, and Environmental Protection Integrated to Industrial Production.
