Seemingly Unrelated Interventions: Environmental Management Systems in the Workplace and Energy Saving Practices at Home

Abstract To reduce their environmental impacts, a growing number of organizations worldwide have implemented management systems (EMSs). In these organizations, energy conservation activities become usual behaviors for employees; thus, we hypothesize that employees continue such saving at home. This hypothesis is supported by data from surveys individuals in Japan. Specifically, find the probability engaging practices home higher and expenditures on electricity use are lower who work implement EMSs than do not with EMSs. Our results suggest beyond original purpose helping as an intervention to promote household saving.