{"id":137107,"date":"2025-01-30T07:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T05:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/work-less-save-co2-how-a-four-day-working-week-can-benefit-the-planet\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T07:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T05:40:44","slug":"work-less-save-co2-how-a-four-day-working-week-can-benefit-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/work-less-save-co2-how-a-four-day-working-week-can-benefit-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Work less, save CO2: How a four day working week can benefit the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137107\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Working four days a week gives people 50 per cent more free time and helps drive down their carbon emissions too. Everyone loves a three day weekend, but what if that could be the norm for every workplace, every week? That\u2019s the reality more than 5,000 British workers are enjoying, as increasing numbers of companies sign up to a four day working week.<\/p>\n<p>The latest update from the 4 Day Week Foundation, the UK\u2019s national campaign for a four day working week, shares that 200 UK companies have permanently adopted a four day working week, with no loss of pay for their staff. Businesses are spread across a variety of sectors, including creative arts, engineering, recruitment, entertainment and construction. Fifty-nine of the companies are based in London, with the rest spread over regions of England and Scotland. Studies have shown that working one day less a week can have far-reaching benefits for worker retention and health. But there\u2019s a climate benefit to working less too.<\/p>\n<p><em>Four day working week is good for our health and the planet\u2019s<\/em><br \/>\nIn a pilot conducted by 4 Day Week in 2022, 61 companies switched to a shorter working week, and the results were remarkable. Anxiety, fatigue and sleep issues decreased, measures of work-life balance improved, and there was a 65 per cent reduction in sick days. Almost all the companies (92 per cent) decided to continue with a four day working week following the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>The businesses suffered no detriment, with some reporting even higher levels of productivity and profitability during the pilot. But what of the environmental impact of making such a change? \u201cWe know that we\u2019ve got to throw everything at the fight to tackle climate change but the benefits of a reduced working week have so far been largely ignored,\u201d Joe Ryle, campaign director for the 4 Day Week Foundation tells Euronews Green. \u201cMoving to a four-day week with no loss in pay for workers could reduce carbon-intensive commuting and give people the time to engage in more environmentally sustainable behaviours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to 4 Day Week, research has shown that the UK\u2019s carbon footprint could be reduced by 127 million tonnes a year through shorter working weeks. That, they say, is equivalent to taking 27 million cars off the road. The 4 Day Week kicked off a new pilot in November 2024, with more than 1,000 employees currently testing how a shorter working week could work for them. It says it plans to run at least three new pilots in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Although there has not been extensive research into the climate benefits of a four-day work week, the information available is encouraging. A 2012 paper concluded that a 10 per cent reduction in working hours could lead to declines in various environmental markers. Specifically, it said CO2 emissions would drop by 4.2 per cent, the person\u2019s carbon footprint would shrink by 14.6 per cent, and their ecological footprint would decline by 12.1 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Henley Business School conducted research with hundreds of UK businesses and thousands of working adults to determine what the benefits of a four-day work week would be. They found this simple change would reduce the number of miles driven by commuters by 558 million each week. \u201cWith a three-day weekend, there are more opportunities for workers to exercise, spend time outdoors or do other things that improve their physical and mental health,\u201d says Henley Business School\u2019s Professor Anupam Nanda. \u201cThis in turn means less demand for carbon-producing healthcare services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Nanda further noted that one day less in the workplace means one day less wear and tear on the things we use at work. That would mean computers, machinery, uniforms and other consumables would need replacing less often, bringing further climate benefits. However, Nanda notes that the benefits will all depend on how those people use the three-day weekend. If they used the day to fly off for a short break, sit at home with the heating cranked up or take their sports car for a pleasure drive, fewer working hours could prove to be worse for the environment.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/29\/work-less-save-co2-how-a-four-day-working-week-can-benefit-the-planet\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/29\/work-less-save-co2-how-a-four-day-working-week-can-benefit-the-planet\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/work-less-save-co2-how-a-four-day-working-week-can-benefit-the-planet\/\">Work less, save CO2: How a four day working week can benefit the planet<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,17767,17768],"class_list":["post-137107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-save-co2","tag-work-less"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}