Christmas carbon savings for businesses and the workforce in 2020 | Pawprint- Your Eco Companion
We’re rounding off the year with a roundup of the Christmas carbon savings that 2020 brings businesses and the workforce; glass half full, right?
Look, we know 2020 has been a shocker (not least because Pawprint is missing out on its first-ever in-person office Christmas party), but around this time we think it’s especially important to bring some good news to the table and celebrate the small wins:
- No ‘besties-with-your-Uber-driver’ taxi rides home after office Christmas parties means a big carbon saving; up to 11,600 tonnes of CO2e across the UK workforce.
- For every internal UK flight not taken this Christmas, businesses save between 60–130kg CO2e. So, even if only 10% of employees usually fly to join office festivities, this year we’re saving around 310,000 tonnes of CO2e.
- The carbon footprint of a Christmas tree that’s sent to landfill is 16kg CO2e ( Carbon Trust). Instead of buying a tree for no one (empty office, an all), businesses could donate money to tree planting projects. For £250, you can donate a quarter of an acre of woodland with The Woodland Trust, which would save around 50 tonnes of CO2e.
- 153 tonnes of CO2e would be saved if all UK employees drank a local beer/cider at their virtual office Christmas party, instead of an imported one.
- Last year, Brits splurged £2.4bn on outfits for the festive season, which they only wore a handful of times ( Hubbub). This year, no new office party outfits could save 142,000 tonnes of CO2e alone.
Originally published at https://www.pawprint.eco on November 26, 2020.
