Spain's prime minister wants his country to stop wearing ties

Wearing a tie makes you feel warm — and on a warming planet, it's probably best to put them aside. At least that's what Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is telling his country, according to a Bloomberg report.

"I don't wear a tie and I've asked my ministers not to," the Spanish leader said. The idea, he continued, is to save energy spent cooling the office by not wearing a stuffy tie.

"I would also like to ask the private sector if they haven't already done this, that when it's not necessary, they don't wear a tie," he added, according to a video from the European media The Local.

Sanchez said this during a wider government campaign to reduce energy consumption in Spain, according to the BBC.

European countries have faced hundreds of deaths due to a large heat wave. Moreover, the EU is trying to reduce the bloc's dependence on Russian energy after the invasion of Ukraine, the BBC added.

The formal wear category had already fallen on hard times during the pandemic due to office closures. Famed suit supplier Brooks Brothers, which was founded in 1818, filed for bankruptcy in July 2020. It is attempting a post-pandemic image pivot, according to Bloomberg, but suits and ties may struggle to make a comeback in hybrid work environments.

Kastle, a security company that uses scans from 10 major US cities to establish an average weekly office occupancy rate, reported last week's rate was 44.7%. It was the highest since the pandemic began, Kastle said, but not close to pre-pandemic numbers.

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