Infosys asks for WFH power data from employees in push to cut down Carbon footprint

Infosys has initiated a process to collect information on the electricity usage by employees while working from home, as part of its long-running sustainability programme to reduce the company’s overall carbon footprint.

Why is Infosys asking its employees for WFH electricity usage data?

According to internal communication shared with employees, the company is collecting details on power consumption linked to work-from-home setups. This includes information such as the number of hours spent working remotely and the typical electricity usage of home office equipment. Infosys has placed the exercise as part of its broader environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, focused on more accurate carbon accounting rather than monitoring individual behaviour.

The logic is simple but significant. While work-from-home reduces emissions linked to daily commuting and office infrastructure, it also shifts energy consumption to millions of homes.

For companies with large, distributed workforces like Infosys, this indirect energy use represents a growing blind spot in sustainability reporting.

By gathering employee-level data, the company can better estimate emissions across its value chain and design more effective reduction strategies.

Infosys has long projected itself as a sustainability-focused organisation, with public commitments toward carbon neutrality and energy efficiency.

Industry experts say the latest move reflects a broader trend among global corporations to capture “Scope 3” emissions, indirect emissions that occur outside company-owned facilities but are still linked to business operations.

As hybrid work is now a part of its operations, the IT services major believes its environmental impact is no longer limited to office campuses alone.

Infosys employees currently work from the office for at least 10 days a month, and spend the rest of their time working remotely.

In an email to employees, Infosys Chief Financial Officer Jayesh Sanghrajka said the company has launched a work-from-home electricity consumption survey and urged staff to take a few minutes to participate, according to a report by Economic Times.

The CFO said, “With hybrid work becoming an integral part of our operations, the environmental impact of our work increasingly extends beyond our campuses and into our homes. Electricity consumed while working from home also contributes towards Infosys’ greenhouse gas emission footprint.”

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