Reduce carbon footprint with online courses: 24x7

NEW DELHI, INDIA: 24x7 Learning Pvt. Ltd, Talent Lifecycle Management Company, today said that classroom training sessions across institutions and organizations, across the globe is doing great harm to the planet.

If a company that provides four training programmes in a month for 20 employees each, the annual carbon footprint caused due to the travel and paper usage itself will be close to 50 tonnes, the company said, citing data from www.learningfootprint.com. That is enough to fill at least 37 Olympic-size swimming pools.

24 x 7 said it has launched a comprehensive collection of online certified e-Learning courses – my24x7learning.com, to get rid of this environmental hazard.

The portal, with more than 5000 online learning programs in information technology and business skills, will allow the user to buy the course and transact online, said a press release.

A consumer can now directly avail of certified courses from Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems and many more in behavioral skills, HR, Finance, IT, Marketing, etc by directly logging on to the website, and selecting a program of their choice and requirement, it added

According to Karthik K.S, CEO and founder of 24x7 Learning, the new e-Learning initiative is affordable, cost effective and eco-friendly and also fills a missing link in e-Learning. The portal will also address the need of cost-effective e-Learning solutions for SMBs, he said.

“With my24x7learning.com you no longer increase your carbon footprint due to travel, paper and resource wastages,” added Karthik.

He also said that on the occasion of ‘The World Environment Day’ my24x7learning.com has introduced 24x7 EcoMeter, a tool that will help users understand how carbon-neutral they are by taking up a particular online course.