In the US, the transportation sector belches out the most greenhouse gases of any industry, and passenger vehicles are largely responsible, generating the equivalent of 374 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2021.
Even as people sat at home charging laptops and taking video calls, overall household emissions dropped by 33% — electricity use went up by 6%, while gas consumption decreased by 9.5%.
In the pre-COVID world, household emissions were clustered in the early morning and the evenings, forcing more inefficient oil and gas plants to come online to meet the spikes in demand.
The firm’s initial research found that employees’ net-sustainability impact depended on travel, the energy and digital devices they use, waste management, and local infrastructure.
Insider asked Amazon, Apple, Google, and JPMorgan Chase — all of which have ambitious climate goals — whether they considered the potential environmental trade-offs in crafting their return-to-office mandates.
That’s left Rachel thinking about the ripple effects of commuting to work — the environmental impact, the weight on her mental health, even the wear and tear on her cars and the roads.
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In the US, the transportation sector belches out the most greenhouse gases of any industry, and passenger vehicles are largely responsible, generating the equivalent of 374 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2021.
Even as people sat at home charging laptops and taking video calls, overall household emissions dropped by 33% — electricity use went up by 6%, while gas consumption decreased by 9.5%.
In the pre-COVID world, household emissions were clustered in the early morning and the evenings, forcing more inefficient oil and gas plants to come online to meet the spikes in demand.
The firm’s initial research found that employees’ net-sustainability impact depended on travel, the energy and digital devices they use, waste management, and local infrastructure.
Insider asked Amazon, Apple, Google, and JPMorgan Chase — all of which have ambitious climate goals — whether they considered the potential environmental trade-offs in crafting their return-to-office mandates.
That’s left Rachel thinking about the ripple effects of commuting to work — the environmental impact, the weight on her mental health, even the wear and tear on her cars and the roads.
The original article contains 2,457 words, the summary contains 182 words. Saved 93%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!