by Sarah Santacroce
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Today is a big day for Virtual Assistants and every other home based business owner in Switzerland! It's the 1st National Home Office Day ! The initiative, which is sponsored by Microsoft and other big national sponsors, tries to prove that quality of life, productivity and climate protection are not opposites. On the official website, individuals and businesses can participate by answering a couple of simple questions such as "How many days do you work at home per week?". The website will then calculate how much C02 the participant will save on average for the next year. My result was 163 kg of CO2!
The campaign is also supported by Swiss politicians. Moritz Leuenberger, Federal Council, is convinced that working from home will not only increase worker’s quality of life, but it would also have a big impact on the environment.
The website already counts more then 8000 participants, over 500 days of time savings and over 300 tons of saved CO2!
From my point of view this is a big step toward a new era: Swiss will start to see the benefits of telework and will be more open to outsource their non core business to people who are working from home. So let’s raise a glass and celebrate the 1st Swiss Home Office Day!!
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