Remote work and carbon emissions

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

The one carbon emission source which is immediately impacted by remote work is transportation. If you look at this data (Sourced here) you will notice that domestic air travel and road transport with a medium car is what is creating the most emissions from transportation.

Both these emission sources can be dramatically reduced by working remotely and meeting online.

We have the technology and the know how so there is really no excuses not to switch to less carbon intensive ways of working and meeting.