​What are the workforce & hiring trends in the Renewables & Clean Energy industry? According to the Asia-Pacific Renewable Energy Market report, the renewable energy market is expected to record a CAGR greater than 9% during the forecast period. And according to the World Economic Forum, between 2020 and 2021, worldwide employment in renewable energy grew by 700,000 to reac...

Our 2022 results are in! This year, we have surveyed nearly 600 experienced Renewable Energy sector professionals and over 600 experienced Water sector professionals to create the LVI Associates Salary Guide 2022, to produce a YoY comparison report covering compensation and variants between locations and energy sources. Download full reports to peruse, reference and benchmar...

Today, women are disproportionately represented in the engineering industry; making up only 12% of the engineering workforce in Australia.  While many firms have made significant inroads, gender disparity continues to persist, but why is this the case?  And how can firms get women to break into the sector and, in turn, encourage them to stay? In our latest report, Let’s Tal...

Available for download now! Surveyed over 1,500+ Renewable Energy and Water professionals across the APAC, covering salary, holiday, benefits and career progression data.

​We have hosted a webinar on the topic The Day After Tomorrow: ANZ Water Market Update. Revisit the recorded webinar and get a copy of the key takeaways Questions & Answer: A Collection of the Best from the ANZ Water Webinar.

​"Asian economies are sitting on a powerful and underutilised engine of growth. Advancing gender equality in Asia-Pacific could mean an extra US$4.5 trillion or 12 per cent of the collective annual GDP," said President Halimah Yacob at Women's Forum Global Meeting 2020.More than 90% of CEOs report that diversity is a top business priority, yet the dial towards progress has m...

​After the largest working-from-home experiment from Covid-19, engineers, how are you doing? Is working-from-home sparing you extra few hours from the commute? Or, on the other hand, is remote work allowing you to spend quality time with your children? No matter what are you benefiting from, this longest period of working-from-home experience is bringing the workforce to ret...

​In early August, we have co-hosted a webinar with Singapore Water Associations. At this webinar, we have invited Mr Pravi Bansal, Partner M&A and Strategy at Amane Advisors to discuss the topic "The Water Market in South East Asia". The webinar has successfully finished and we have more than 100 participants attended the webinar. There are lots of great questions raised dur...

While the global pandemic will inevitably result in long term transformations to the form and function of the workplace, the short term will mostly be characterized by iterative solutions intended to buy time and weather immediate concerns.It is uncertain when or if a vaccine for COVID-19 will be discovered, and radical reorganization of the workplace could prove an unnecess...

​​Key insights:The reasons why women withdraw from the recruitment processThe main challenges to improving gender diversity in engineeringHow to attract and keep female talent in engineeringRecognition of the strategic importance of gender diversity is growing, but many qualified female applicants are dropping out of the recruitment process, according to a recent survey by D...

​Request a copy of our survey result from infrastructure & engineering professionals during Covid-19.

Despite the current global crisis of COVID-19, the Asia Pacific Renewable Energy market is only continuing to grow. According to Global Wind Turbine Materials Market, Forecast to 2026, global focus on renewable energy has created tremendous growth prospects for wind. The Clean Energy Council also recently described 2019 as “a remarkable year” for the Australian clean energy ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in the largest working-from-home population in human history. In our recent article, we have mentioned that most of the engineers we are working with appreciate the opportunity to work from home. They are actually feeling more confident as the trust is strong between them and their employer.Social distancing has changed the way business, ind...

Singapore’s water industry contributes over SGD 300 million to the economy each year and continues to experience strong growth. Amid growing risks of climate change and disease, Singapore leads the way in creating innovations around the challenges facing cities all over the world. Kayleigh Regan, Team lead of water sector recruitment from LVI Associates has shared her vision...

​The business case for gender diversity is stronger than ever, but many companies are struggling to ensure women are fairly represented in top management. At LVI Associates, we believe the answer is by making gender diversity a commercial imperative - and business leaders agree. A report by McKinsey & Company found that 90% of CEOs said they prioritised gender diversity beca...

​​90% of CEOs report that diversity is a top business priority, yet the dial towards progress has hardly moved in recent years. In Singapore, women are vastly underrepresented in STEM jobs and among STEM degree holders despite making up 45% of the workforce and half of university students. Women of color face a 'double jeopardy' because of their gender and ethnicity. The fol...

​​On July 25th, LVI Associates and the Singapore Water Association co-hosted Embracing Water Sustainability 2019, which focused on preparing for the future of industrial water consumption. Supported by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, over 80 Water sector professionals came together to explore cutting-edge developments in the field, network with the peers, and listen ...

​​The future for renewable energy looks bright. The Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) seventh annual report that tracks businesses’ solar adoption ranks Apple as the biggest user, with 393.3 MW of capacity now in place. Apple was followed by other big brands from the retail sector, including Amazon, Target and Walmart. The SEIA reports that the U.S. commercial sol...

​​A quick scan of job postings for transmission and distribution (T&D) engineers reveals a recurring phrase: subject matter expert (SME). If employers remain willing to hire engineers with niche specialties, so why are so many engineers these days more interested in becoming jacks of all trades?It’s a real concern for employers in the T&D industry. Hanna Ito, Specialist Cons...

​​The pressure is on to bring aging U.S. infrastructure back to life before catastrophe strikes. The state of water systems, for instance, brings dangerous levels of contaminants and lead into Americans’ homes, but widespread disaster can be averted with immediate action.Based on the input of 1,300 corrosion professionals, NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) I...