GreenIT

Good for the environment

When commuting to and from work each week, the white-collar workforce burns more than 583.3 million gallons of gasoline.   If the average employee teleworked, working outside of the official work- place just one day per week, it would save the environment 1,680 pounds of CO2 emissions per year. If 12 million employees were telecommuting at least one day per month, it would save 5,040,000,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year.  

By implementing on-demand services that provide secure, anywhere access to your office systems, files and applications, companies are able to reduce business travel and offer telecommuting programs that cut energy consumption and enhance employee productivity.  Employees will drive less and companies benefit by reducing office space requirements.  In fact, an article in PC World reported that telecommuting programs can cut corporate real estate costs from 25% to as much as 90%.  A great win-win-win for the environment, the business enterprise and their staff members.