Allowing employees to work remotely could help businesses cut energy bills by £3bn

Businesses allowing employees to work remotely from the comfort of their own homes could actually cut 3 million tonnes of carbon emissions and save £3 billion in energy bills, the Carbon Trust has recently argued.

The widespread use of Internet-enabled collaborative tools, smartphones and the "cloud" (for storing digital documents remotely) could allow employees to significantly change their working patterns, a news source on the matter has revealed.

Hugh Jones, Managing Director of Advisory at the Carbon Trust said: "Homeworking is on the rise, with numbers increasing by over half a million since 2007… in the right circumstances, it has the potential to be expanded significantly and be a win-win for business and the environment."

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