Industry Profile Global Employee (millions, ILO estimates) 1 / 2 Chemical and advanced materials 86.3 Trend outlook Global trends and their impact on job creation Technologies and their impact on job creation Trends most most likely to drive industry transformation and their expected impact job creation, ordered by net Technologies most most likely to drive industry transformation and their expected impact job creation, ordered effect (share of organizations surveyed) by net effect (share of organizations surveyed) Job creator Job displacer Net effect Global net effect Job creator Job displacer Net effect Global net effect Supply chains becoming more localized Environmental management technologies (e.g. pollution abatement, recycling) -100% +100% -100% +100% 82% 62% Increased adoption of new and frontier technologies Big-data analytics -100% +100% -100% +100% 75% 56% Investments to facilitate the green transition of your business Climate-change mitigation technology (Alternative Energy, Greenhouse gases … -100% +100% -100% +100% 62% 55% Climate-change induced investments into adapting operations Encryption and cybersecurity -100% +100% -100% +100% 44% 48% Broader application of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards Education and workforce development technologies -100% +100% -100% +100% 41% 41% Consumers becoming more vocal on environmental issues Digital platforms and apps -100% +100% -100% +100% 29% 27% Broadening digital access Internet of things and connected devices -100% +100% -100% +100% 11% 25% Slower global economic growth E-commerce and digital trade -100% +100% -100% +100% -46% 12% Role outlook Human-machine frontier Churn in five years Human-machine frontier 18% Five-year structural labour-force churn (percent) Tasks performed by humans and machines today and in 2027 (share of total) Global 23% Human Machine Industry Frontier Global Frontier Key roles for business transformation ALL TASKS Roles most selected by organizations surveyed (as either growing, stable or declining), ordered by net role growth, and their net growth and structural churn (percent) Now NET GROWTH INDUSTRY GLOBAL ROLES -50% 0 50% CHURN CHURN 60% 40% Chemists and Chemical Laboratory 2027 Forecast 19% 17% Scientists 54% 46% Business Services and Administration 17% 22% Managers Workforce strategy outlook 4% 7% Chemical Engineers Talent outlook in 2027 Expected change in talent availability, development and retention in the next five years (share of organizations surveyed) 7% 9% Chemical Processing Plant Operators Improving Worsening Global average Global average 21% 14% General and Operations Managers Talent availability when hiring -100% +100% 35% 39% 23% 17% Assembly and Factory Workers Talent development of existing workforce -100% +100% 4% 69% 19% 19% Mechanics and Machinery Repairers Talent retention of existing workforce 13% 35% Administrative and Executive Secretaries -100% +100% 27% 42% Accounting, Bookkeeping and Payroll 34% 29% Clerks 44% 42% Data Entry Clerks