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Cutting business carbon emissions isn't just something the CEO should pay attention to -- employees need to shoulder some responsibility too. Unfortunately, even workers who follow good environmental practice at home can be carbon hogs as soon as they get to work, says a new survey from Opus Energy.
The research found that over a third (36 per cent) of UK workers who took simple measures at home like unplugging their phone chargers or switching off lights, didn't bother doing the same thing in the office.
It's all a simple matter of economics. Consumers' good environmental practice at home is frequently aimed at cutting energy bills, whereas the same financial incentives don't exist for them in the workplace.
But this could be a big problem. According to calculations from the Carbon Trust, businesses waste £1.4 billion on unnecessary energy spending, producing an extra 1.4 billion tonnes of carbon emissions by not following the most basic energy-saving advice.
To help cut these emissions, all employees need to take action at work. The advice offered isn't rocket science, but it's vital to pay more than lip service to it. Simple things like turning off PCs, printers, photocopiers and lighting overnight can make a big dent in carbon emissions and everybody can do their bit.
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