Is remote work actually better for the environment?

Shreedhar, Ganga ORCID: 0000-0003-2517-2485, Laffan, Kate and Giurge, Laura ORCID: 0000-0002-7974-391X (2022) Is remote work actually better for the environment? Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012

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Abstract

Common sense says that without a commute, employees who can work from home (WFH) have a lower environmental impact than their in-office peers, but this isn’t necessarily the case. In fact, when multiple environmental net impacts are taken into consideration, including factors like energy and technology usage, WFH is not a clear win for the environment. Companies that are taking action on environmental sustainability — and all should be — need to be conscious of this as they develop remote work policies. The authors of this piece — three behavioral scientists working on sustainability, well-being, and the future of work — think that making WFH sustainable is possible. But doing so requires doing more than simply calculating a simple commute trade-off.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://hbr.org/
Additional Information:	© 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Date Deposited:	20 Jun 2022 13:57
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2024 23:17
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/115401

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