Working from home and traffic flow

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.

Over on earth.com they recently asked Does working from home actually help the environment and improve traffic flow?

This topic is going to be receiving lots of attention in the coming months. There is some low hanging fruit when it comes to decarbonizing our economy and the way we work. It’s irresponsible not to pick that fruit!

The answer to the question posed in this piece seems rather obvious, but it’s great to see the numbers:

“With so many emissions wrapped up in commuting to work, telecommuting, working from home and working from anywhere could serve as powerful tools to help reduce emissions and traffic.”