Posted on 05/05/2022 7:13:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
(Reuters) - Tech and financial companies leading efforts to cut climate changing emissions are finding a new challenge from remote work: the CO2 spewing out of home offices.
A few companies have begun counting what happens when employees boot up computers at home, turn up gas furnaces and ignore the world's most energy-efficient corporate campuses. It turns out that home setups popularized by the pandemic are eroding some of the climate benefit of abandoned commutes.
“Emissions didn't go away," said Amanda von Almen, head of emissions reduction at Salesforce.com Inc. "They just shifted to another area."
Half of 20 big companies Reuters spoke to, including Salesforce, have estimated emissions from home offices.
Six of those reported detailed figures, showing their half a million workers collectively emitted the equivalent of 134,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in about the first year of the pandemic. That is equivalent to consuming 15 million gallons of gasoline or burning 67,000 tonnes of coal.
While there are benefits to the climate from millions of employees not commuting when they work from home, the findings underscore that remote work is not a simple solution to cutting corporate emissions.
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Just an excuse to force people back into offices.
Okay, this confirms there simply are not enough things to worry about.
Bullsnot.
Well thank God we don’t have other things to worry about now
So do they want your alexa control of the thermostat for the home office? LOL!
Woke corporations will now be required to monitor their employees’ home usage of utilities. We will be required to join the Internet of Things
There is nothing wrong with an employer requiring employees to work at their place of business.
People have to got to move out of their “CO2 spewing homes” immediately.
Do it for Mother Earf.
Yes, it’s “more green” to drive 40 miles a day, 5 times a week.
I think it's more sinister than that. I see it as an excuse to intrude into private homes.
This is simply the worst possible view of human existence.
That humans are only useful for productive work, at the least possible cost and expenditure of resources - human beings are just cogs in a machine and numbers on a spreadsheet.
Opposition to this is the hill to die upon.
LOL!
>>“Emissions didn’t go away,” said Amanda von Almen, head of emissions reduction at Salesforce.com Inc. “They just shifted to another area.”
Kind of like electric cars, no?
Elon Musk is selling Tesla’s, that basically run 50%-70% on coal/natural gas/nuclear power, but they only pollute someone else’s neighborhood.
True, but based on the industry, be prepared to lose many people.
If it worked for two years, why change?
It showed tons of middle managers are useless.
I think there’s currently 11.5 million job openings...
As usual, a one-sided report to fit with their agenda. Come on, people, do the work. Give us the “net” cost, don’t just talk about the costs. Fewer cars on the road, lower energy costs at the office, fewer people running around during lunch hour, etc. I think real “news” presents both sides of an issue, not just the costs to further your personal agenda.
No, there’s not. However, given how dangerous some cities have become, it would make more sense for employers to allow their employees the option to telework. JMO.
>>Just an excuse to force people back into offices.
Companies don’t need excuses to force people into the office, they just have to tell you, and then you get to decide if you want to work there or not.
They would soil their Underoos in my case because I heat with wood.
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