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Stop the clock: Four-day working weeks could shave a fifth off UK s carbon footprint
Jess Rawnsley
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New study calculates that switching to a four day working week could cut UK emissions by 21 per cent
A four-day working week has the potential to shrink the UK s carbon footprint by over a fifth, or a massive 127 million tonnes per year by 2025, according to a new report by Platform London and the 4-Day Week Campaign.
That 21 per cent estimated reduction is more than the entire footprint of Switzerland, according to the campaigners, or the same as removing 27 million cars from the road, equivalent to almost all private cars in the UK.
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Needed another reason to switch to a four-day workweek? Here’s a big one. If most companies in the United Kingdom started working one day less without cutting pay by 2025, emissions could drop by a massive 127 million metric tons – which is the same as taking the country’s entire fleet of private cars off the roads.
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A new report by Platform London and the 4-Day Week Campaign, an organization pushing for a 32-hour workweek in the UK, found that fewer working hours correlate with more sustainable energy and household consumption and less carbon-intensive commuting – with the added bonus of workers enjoying more “low-carbon” activities.