The hidden cost of your emails on the planet. (The Email CO2 Calculator) Persented By SUPER TV BD

The hidden cost of your emails on the planet 

When you sent that puppy video to your colleague it was really funny,

but did you realise that this large attachment also released around 50g of CO2 in the atmosphere? That is the same amount as if you had used five plastic carrier bags... 

Use our calculator below to discover how many emails you process in a year and their real cost to the planet. 

Why are emails so bad for the environment? 

Every email processed uses electricity. This is used not only to run the computer, server and routers, but also to manufacture the equipment.

To produce this electricity, fossil fuel power plants burn carbon fuels such as coal, oil or gas. By burning carbon fuels, these power plants emit large amounts of carbon dioxide, which in turn causes climate change. 

A typical office worker sends and receives around 140 emails per day, which, over the course of a year, creates as much CO2 as...

Flying from London to Bruges 

  

or   Watching 955 Movies

Get an idea of how your emails impact the planet by using the calculator below.

The Email Calculator 

How many emails do you send and receive in a day? 

Hardly 10 ,        A few 70         Average 140         Loads 200         Too many 300+ 

You work... Full Time Find Out You will process around 

0 emails this year which in turn will create around 0 of CO2The impact of your annual email load on the planet is about the same as if you had used 0 plastic carrier bags bag or drunk 0 disposable cups of tea or coffee with a serving of milk, bag or drove 0 miles in an average car bag .

Being held hostage to your emails doesn't have to be your fate... 

Some people have already put measures in place to reduce their load: The HuffPost founder and Thrive Global CEO, Arianna Huffington, has implemented a software that deletes any incoming email when one of her employees is away, with senders being told to resend their note at a later time if it’s truly urgent. Birch box co-founder Katia Beauchamp urges employees to include a response deadline in order to encourage prioritization and time saving. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner has one simple rule for spending less time on emails: he tries to send fewer. Meaning he doesn’t answer to everyone. 

Even without being so drastic, we can all improve our carbon footprint by implementing small changes into our daily routines.

 

 The ever increasing burden of emails on the planet, and on your wellbeing

 Emails are convenient, but they come with a cost. 

With the average person spending 13 hours a week just reading and processing emails, it’s not only a cost to the planet, but also to your time and productivity. Processing emails is the most time-consuming work activity, taking up a third of our working hours each day, with the average person checking their mailbox about 15 times a day. 

Famous business people too get their fair share of emails

Some managing better than others Bill Gates Microsoft Co-founder 40-50 

For most people however, emails are on the rise 

Actual and expected number of sent and received emails per day worldwide from 2017 to 2023 

If emails are a growing problem, could cutting them down or, at least the time we spend on it, be part of the solution? 

GDPR has already proven that reducing emails has lessened our carbon footprint With the introduction of The General Data Protection Regulation act (GDPR) in 2018, businesses are now compelled to reach out to audiences and obtain content prior to sending out digital advertising.

GDPR has in fact lessened CO2 emissions by 360 tonnes per day, which is the same carbon footprint  as saving 260 hectares, as to say 650,000 trees, 

from deforestation.

Despite the administrative hassle it landed on marketing departments across the continent, GDPR has had its desired effect. Since the EU legislation came into force, the number of marketing emails landing in people's inboxes has decreased by 1.2 billion per day. Think about what that means from an environmental perspective? 

And companies can help too...

  Every little helps when it comes to curbing carbon emissions.

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