With livestreaming, 2 Stream reduces carbon emissions

Companies are rightly looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. 2 Stream offers a solution with livestreaming that has an impact on carbon reduction. Besides the practical benefits that livestreaming brings, it is a sustainable alternative for current communication needs.

The carbon footprint of physical meetings

The ecological toll of physical meetings is severe, mainly due to travel-related emissions. Mobilizing employees to a common location results in a large consumption of fossil fuels, whether by car, train, plane, or other means of transportation. To make it equally concrete per kilometer driven or flown per person: a car emits 120g of CO2, a plane between 135g and 700g, public transport 80g. The impact of electric cars is a step forward, yet the CO2 impact of a meeting with many travel kilometers should not be underestimated.

Livestreaming as an alternative

Calculating CO2 emissions from a high-resolution live stream is complex because it depends on several factors. In order of magnitude, scientists assume that streaming one hour amounts to 500 to 1000g of CO2 emissions. It sounds a lot but it is significantly less if you compare it to emissions per mile moved. We learn from multiple studies that if you hold an international conference for 1500 participants via livestreaming, there is a reduction of three thousand times the CO2 emissions.

Obviously, the impact is greater if the event is international in nature, another parameter is the number of participants moving. Nevertheless, in any circumstances, the CO2 reduction will be significant if a meeting or event is streamed.

Livestreaming versus face-to-face contact

With 2 Stream, we certainly do not want to advocate merely using a digital environment to organize events, conferences or meetings. We are and remain human beings, personal contact is a necessity. We just want to raise awareness to see livestreaming as an element in the goals that companies rightly set to reduce carbon emissions.