green-collar

[ green-kol-er ]
/ ˈgrinˈkɒl ər /

adjective

noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.

noun Also green collar.

a green-collar worker.

Origin of green-collar

1990–95; green in the sense ‘environmentally sound or beneficial’; on the model of blue-collar, white-collar

British Dictionary definitions for green-collar

green-collar

adjective

of, relating to, or designating workers involved in environmental protection, or employed by companies that have protection of the environment as a stated aim