In 2016, the number of employees in the environmental goods and services sector increased for 4 %. The share of employees in the environmental goods and services sector relative to all employees in Slovenia increased by 0,1 percentage point. The goal of Slovenia is to increase the number of green jobs. The target value for Slovenia is not set, therefore, in the context of monitoring the implementation of the OP GHG, we compare the situation in Slovenia with the situation in the EU and monitor the changes in relation to the previous year.