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November 23, 2006
"Green" Marratech in Svenska Dagbladet
One day, I would like to sit down and go through how much energy and pollution is saved through the use of our software.
At Marratech, most of us can avoid rush hour, we work productively from home and we meet customers from all over the world on our screen.
In fact, taking myself as an example, the use and evolution of our software has had the following consequences:
-1 or 2 trips to Lulea per year instead of more than 10 in 1999
-2 trips to the US per year, instead of earning a Gold Status in 2000 / 2001
-Work from home at least 3 days a week.
Energy wise, this must be very good. Less fossil fuels burned, less congestion on the roads and public transport, etc...
Now if 5 % of the population could do something like this and reduce their energy consumption as I have, imagine the result! The infrastructure is there... only people's behavior needs changing... we are a stubborn species.
All of this rambling is to mention that Svenska Dagbladet mentions Marratech in an article where the environmental impact of Trains vs Planes is discussed in Swedish.
Our CEO, Lars Persson, mentions that 3 out of 4 meetings could be replaced with technology such as our own. And that many green-companies and organizations are finding their way to Marratech... our turnover has doubled during the past year.
Posted by Serge Lachapelle at November 23, 2006 12:24 PM