Four in 10 Employees No Longer Working Remotely

Approximately 41% of people are no longer working from home at all, even though only 15% of employees would prefer this working arrangement. The preference for commuters is a hybrid model of home and on-site working; 63% of respondents would like to work from home between one and four times per week.  

The results show an increasing need for sustainable commuting as more people return to the office. Mobilityways—which compiles Commuter Census—has determined, through their Commuter Emissions Calculation, that the average worker emits 849 kg of CO2e through commuting every year.  

This figure has hardly seen a reduction from two years ago, despite a 17% decrease in commuters who travel to work alone in a car, and an increase in more sustainable commuting methods. However, people are now traveling to work much more frequently compared to 2022, which is pushing up emissions regardless.  

Mobilityways Commuter Census 2024 has revealed a desire from commuters to receive more help from their employers in their bid to help decarbonize the commute. More than half of respondents say they would like more help to commute sustainably, meaning the responsibility is now on large organizations to make sustainable commuting as easy as possible—for the planet, for their employees’ pocket, and for their net-zero goals.