Business in the Community

What does Anywhere Working mean to your organisation?

Business in the Community (BITC) encourages business to transform communities by tackling the key social and environmental issues where they can make a difference. Through our ways2work campaign we are enabling companies to achieve maximum productivity and resource efficiency by transforming the way they work and travel. We influence behavioural change in our member organisations, offering resources, support and mentoring to reduce the impacts of how their employees work and travel in relation to their work. Anywhere Working fully supports this.

What are the benefits for employers/employees from Anywhere Working?

People

- Work-life balance

- Saved time and reduced travel-related stress

- Physical and psychological health from active travel

- Reduced travel costs and stress from peak time travel

Planet

- Environmental benefits from sustainable, active or less energy-intensive modes of transport

- Environmental benefits from working flexibly and using technology to avoid travel

- Reduced congestion from off peak driving or car sharing

Profit

- Reduced business travel costs

- Business resilience from travel disruptions (London 2012 Games, snow, volcanic ash, accidents and major incidents, etc.)

- Improved productivity and reduced absence

- Reduced accommodation costs

- Healthier, more productive employees

 

Why is this important now?

Our transport infrastructure is overloaded at peak times, costing businesses and individuals heavily financially and socially.

The environment also suffers: 37% of CO2 emissions from transport are from work-related travel and 38% of emissions from our personal cars relates to driving for work. Congestion on our roads is estimated to cost UK businesses over £20 billion pounds per annum.

Physical inactivity costs an estimated £8.2bn a year in England, through direct costs of treating diseases linked to lack of exercise and the indirect costs of sickness absence.

How can interested parties find out more?

To find out more about us and our offers, access free tools and achieve maximum productivity and resource efficiency, become a ways2work member: http://ways2work.bitc.org.uk/join/

Our membership is free and includes:

- Networking opportunities to engage with other members, share experiences and learn from best practice organisations and renowned experts

- Preliminary advisory services to support organisations in changing travel and work practices.

- Members only access to useful documents, such as template policies, employee surveys and advisory notes

- Quarterly newsletter

- Free webinars

 

To find out more about becoming a responsible business, go to: http://www.bitc.org.uk/