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The city of Imatra starts to keep statistics on the commuting kilometers missed by the personnel
The city of Imatra is starting to track the commuting kilometers missed by the staff. Many employees do not have to make commuting trips between home and workplace every day, as the city recommends remote work for that part of the staff for whom remote work is possible.
Business trips to other destinations are also avoided as far as possible.
Part of the city's climate program
City employees can report missed work trips in the work time monitoring program. A common pot is collected from the kilometers, on the basis of which the effects of the city's remote work on the reduced carbon dioxide emissions of driving are reported.
- In 2019, a new climate program was drawn up for the city, Vähähiilinen Imatra 2020–2030. One measure of the program is to reduce the need for personnel to move by favoring remote work. Statistics of kilometers not driven is one way to make the climate effects of remote work visible, the project leader Eetu Ahlberg Tells about the Ilmostovisaat project of the city of Imatra.
Even one teleworking day a week makes a difference
Of Imatra's emissions, emissions from road traffic make up about a third. The average commuting distance in Finland is about 14 kilometers, and commuting is a large single factor in Finns' emissions.
- Just one telework day a week reduces emissions by about 200 kg C02-eq. per year. If one million Finns work one remote day a week, the carbon footprint of 11 people will be saved during the year. Ahlberg calculates that the same average reduction in emissions is caused if the commute is made every week by walking or cycling instead of public transport.
The city started recording the statistics of work trips not made at the beginning of November. The figures will be reviewed for the first time in January 2021.
For more information:
Project leader Eetu Ahlberg, eetu.ahlberg
imatra.fi (eetu[dot]ahlberg[at]imatra[dot]fi), TWO TWO WHEN TWO
Kati Bragge walks to work and invests the saved bus money
Working as an administrative and sales secretary in the city of Imatra Kati Bragge has developed its own system for environmentally friendly business travel. He goes about four kilometers to work on foot or by bike and puts the saved bus and gas money into savings.
-I write down every work trip made on foot or by bike and calculate the cost of the bus trip, i.e. three euros each way, as the savings made. At the end of the month, I add up the amount and invest it in funds, says Bragge.
He started his campaign already in the summer of 2019. In the best months, the pot has accumulated up to 60 euros. In total, he calculates that he saved hundreds.
However, money is not Bragge's main reason for walking. More importantly, he likes walking, and walking also frees him from watching bus schedules. LAs a father, reducing car use is one way for Bragge to compensate for the emissions caused by tourism.
- Of course, this doesn't fix nearly everything, but still a little.
Bragge recommends walking or cycling to work for everyone.
- My own journey to work runs along the Vuoksi River. This is certainly one of the most beautiful business trips in Finland.