The pilot is running for six months and is being organised by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with the think tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week Campaign, and researchers at Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College.
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.