How Does Air Pollution Affect Business?

Recent research reveals the frightening truth that clean air is not only a matter of comfort but also a vital factor for a successful business. Although air pollution is often treated as a global environmental problem, its impact on the economy and human health is more profound than is commonly recognized.

Clean air is essential for people's health and daily life. On the other hand, air pollution is the most significant environmental and human health risk and is a global problem.

There are no borders for air, and the consequences of that pollution are far-reaching.

Air pollution is one of the leading causes of health problems and the loss of healthy years of life. The disease burden, however, is not the only economic cost resulting from poor air quality.

Air pollution is dangerously threatening the economy!

It is often forgotten that clean air is a matter of comfort and fundamental to a productive work environment. Research has shown that exposure to unhealthy air, even at relatively low levels, can significantly affect workers' physical and cognitive abilities. This is reflected in their efficiency and productivity in all business sectors.

Many scientific works have shown that exposure to even relatively low concentrations of air pollutants can significantly impact physical and cognitive performance.

Although they are generally undiagnosed as diseases, they significantly impact efficiency and productivity in all areas of human activity.

Air quality and productivity

Air quality affects the effects of intellectual and physical work, reflecting on profits. The impact of it can be short-term or long-term.

Short-term can be recorded almost simultaneously with exposure to harmful substances and represent a short-term reduction in employee performance.

Long-term effects are cumulative and can lead to physiological impairments, which can affect human behavior change and performance effects.

Poor air quality not only reduces workers' productivity but also increases the costs of the health care system. Poor air quality leads to more sick days and increases the pressure on health resources. Recent biomedical research has even identified a link between air pollution and neuroinflammation in the brain, suggesting that it can cause cognitive and behavioral problems.

The question arises as to whether low air quality also affects your business. Although we hope we breathe healthy air while others breathe unhealthy air, the facts differ.

99% of the world's population breathes unsafe air!

Everyone has the right to breathe clean air.

Unfortunately, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), 99% of the world's population lives where outdoor air pollution exceeds the safety limits of pollutants according to WHO guidelines.

Associate Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Healthy Buildings Program Joseph Allen, DSc, MPH, emphasizes, "The majority of your exposure to outdoor air pollution happens inside." He thus vividly described that the outside air enters all objects along with the pollution it carries, and that interior space is additionally polluted and becomes even more dangerous for human health.

How much does dirty air cost us?

Over 7 million people die yearly because of air pollution, which is much more than twice the deaths from malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.

To this should be added the number of deaths caused by antibiotic resistance, which, according to the latest scientific knowledge, is closely related to particulate air pollution.

The economic costs of health effects caused by air pollution are enormous. In 2019, they amounted to over 8.1 trillion dollars, i.e., 6.1% of the global gross domestic product, GDP.

Improve your business

Poor air quality is an invisible threat that can seriously threaten your business's productivity, health, and economic success. Air affects 75% of environmental factors, and environmental factors can increase productivity by up to 35%.

Consider investing in improving air quality to protect your business and improve productivity.

Marquis Intelligence is your partner in providing clean and safe air.

Our technological innovations (for which we received the first prize at The Best in Tech BRIT LIST AWARDS 2022 at the end of last year for air purification at The Beaumont Hotel in London) guarantee clean air in your premises and directly affect productivity and well-being.

Your business future starts with clean air!

Marquis commerce d.o.o. Beograd

Marquis Intelligence

Harvard University

Joseph Allen

The Best in Tech BRIT LIST AWARDS 2022

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