Green Benefits

Benefits Like most steps towards reducing our impact on the planet, the effects of Green Workday combine to create a big effect. Read below to see how much of a difference taking part can make. To see how Green Workday can positively impact your business, click here to use the ROI and Green Calculator and see potential return on investment and carbon savings for your own organization. Cut Costs Most workers commute by car. The American Automobile Association estimates a cost of 52.3 cents per mile and the US Department of Transportation reports that the average American driver travels 29 miles per day. That adds up to $15.14 per driver, per day commuting to and from work. If our 1% of the US office worker population worked from home one day per week, that puts $9.7 million back into the economy every week. That’s more than $504 million each year. The American Express annual Global Business Travel Forecast for 2008 expects a domestic trip inclusive of airfare, car rental and hotel stay will increase six percent, or $63, bringing the average trip cost to a total of approximately $1,110. For an international trip, the increase is expected to be nearly seven percent, or approximately $205 USD, bringing the cost of an average trip to $3,171. According to the Sabre Travel Network, the average business traveller takes 11 trips per year. Assuming an even split between domestic and international travel, the total cost is $23,546 per year per business traveller. Reducing by one fifth saves $4,709 per employee per year. Cut Time According to the US Census Bureau, the average American worker spends 100 hours every year commuting to work. Working from home one day a week would give 1,200 minutes back to each employee’s year. For every worker that’s almost 3 whole days, which can be put to better use by contributing to increased productivity and improving work-life balance. For our 1% of the US office worker population, that’s 1.9 million days saved just by cutting out one fifth of commuting. Cut Carbon Market intelligence company, IDC, forecasts that the number of commuting office workers in the United States will reach 64 million in 2009, and Western Europe will have 60 million. If 1% of this group worked from home one day per week and instead used video communications for meetings, we would save 3.7 million tons of CO2 each year. Over the course of the year, that adds up to the emissions of 2 coal-fired power plants. Alternatively, it’s like taking 617,000 gas-guzzling SUVs from the roads.

 

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