File photo of office workers at Raffles Place central business district in Singapore on Oct 6, 2022. SINGAPORE: It appears that flexible work has won the battle in the tug of war between employee preferences and traditional office mandates in Singapore. Starting in December, all Singapore companies must implement a process for employees to formally request
Citigroup, HSBC Holdings and Barclays are also requesting more staffers to report to the office five days a week, due to regulatory changes that “make it trickier for Wall Street to allow working from home”, according to Bloomberg.on improved work-life balance, employee well-being and productivity have been well-documented. But employee satisfaction aside, flexible work also has potential environmental benefits.
A study in the US showed that hybrid workers who work from home two to four days per week can reduce their carbon footprint by 11 per cent to 29 per cent. The reduction in daily commutes to the workplace by car has also shown a decrease in carbon emissions across various regions, from 90 per cent in Atlanta, 82 per cent in New York, and 70 per cent in the United Kingdom, according to a study by IWG and Arup.
Companies could potentially reduce their carbon footprint by adopting technology such as real-time energy monitoring and automating their office lighting and temperature controls, or incorporating renewable energy sources, such as solar panels. Whether the push by some companies for more workers to return to the office will exacerbate the climate crisis is an important discussion to have, especially with 2024 shaping up to either match or exceed 2023 as the
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