Working at home is good for the environment

Nice News - ​Fully remote workers can have less than half the carbon footprint of onsite workers, and hybrid workers also contribute to a significant drop in emissions, per a 2023 study from Cornell University and Microsoft. This dip was attributed to lower office energy use and a reduction in driving....
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The researchers also factored in how a remote worker’s lifestyle affects their carbon footprint, seeing as those who work from home tend to travel to more social and recreational activities and use more tech at home. But all told, remote work was still more climate-friendly.
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“It seems like a very obvious solution to a very pressing and real problem,” Curtis Sparrer, principal and co-founder of a San Francisco-based company with remote employees, told Grist last year. That said, if you’re headed to the office, rest assured there are still plenty of ways to reduce your carbon footprint — here are five of them.