For a Virtual Office, Every Day is Earth Day!
Posted by Dana Larson on April 22, 2010
In case you weren’t aware, today is Earth Day! Designed as a day to increase awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment, Earth Day was founded in 1970 and has inspired countless people across all countries to better the world we live in.
At OnePlace, we care deeply about helping others and helping our great planet. One of the greatest actions we are taking toward helping the environment is having an all virtual office.
Aside from seeing increases in productivity, efficiency and attitude, virtual companies are benefitting the environment hugely. Without having team members get in their cars and drive to the office, virtual companies are allowing employees to take their own steps toward improving our planet while removing one of the largest impacting factors on our planet - fuel emissions.
Even if you have a small company of 12 people, your team is significantly impacting the environment. If each person has to commute 30 minutes to the office, that is 12 hours of fuel burning from their vehicles a day, and 60 hours per week. After one year of this, your employees have spent 3,120 hours in their cars going to and coming from work. And this is only for a very small company - imagine what it would be like if your company employed 500 or 5,000 employees.
And it’s not just the fuel emissions that can be impacted by a virtual office. Individual employees can choose to outfit their home offices with energy-efficient light bulbs and power sources. They can also make lunches at home rather than driving down to the deli or near-by fast food restaurant.
The biggest thing to remember is to make sure your virtual office is productive as well as environmentally friendly. Ensure your team can talk to each other, collaborate on files and tasks and produce a quality product even when working miles apart. You need to find the right business and team collaboration solution to bring your team together, so you and Planet Earth can feel the benefits of your virtual office.
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