Seemingly Unrelated Interventions: Environmental Management Systems in the Workplace and Energy Saving Practices at Home
研究发现，在实施环境管理体系的企业工作的员工，在家中也更可能采取节能行为，且电费支出更低，表明工作场所的环保措施能溢出到家庭生活。
Abstract To reduce their environmental impacts, a growing number of organizations worldwide have implemented environmental management systems (EMSs). In these organizations, energy conservation activities become usual behaviors for employees; thus, we hypothesize that employees continue such energy saving behaviors at home. This hypothesis is supported by data from surveys of individuals in Japan. Specifically, we find that the probability of engaging in energy saving practices at home is higher and that expenditures on electricity use are lower for individuals who work in organizations that implement EMSs than for individuals who do not work in organizations with EMSs. Our results suggest that beyond the original purpose of helping organizations reduce their environmental impacts, EMSs work as an intervention to promote household energy saving.