Tips for Reducing Your Company’s Employee Carbon Footprint

Employees play a significant role in a company’s carbon footprint, with commuting and business travel often topping the list of contributors. Today, Aclymate highlights a couple of practical steps companies can take to reduce emissions associated with employees while promoting sustainable practices and mindset shifts.

• Rethink commuting options- Business travels: manage the carbon impact- Encourage a sustainable mindset

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Rethink commuting options

Commuting is often the biggest contributor to emissions in the employee category. Here are some strategies to reduce related carbon impact:

• Consider work-from-home (WFH) options: Reducing the need for employees to commute is one of the most impactful ways to cut carbon emissions. Offering WFH options eliminates the need to commute, thus is the best way to cut down carbon emissions in this sector.

Did you know that a solar installation company in Colorado reported that having a portion of employees work from home directly cut their emissions by 7-8%? Even a partial WFH setup can significantly reduce your company’s carbon footprint.

• Strategic office location: For companies that need employees on-site, consider the accessibility of your office location.

One direction to think about this is to consider placing offices near public transit options. This encourages employees to choose eco-friendly commuting. This factor was a priority when we were choosing our own office location – Aclymate’s Denver office is only three blocks from the city’s central bus station!