Business Growth Mentors Make Their Workforce Climate Impact
Business Growth Mentors has partnered with Play it Green to make their workforce Climate Impact, drive sustainability within their business, and help them reach Net-Zero. Business Growth Mentors help organisations and individuals to achieve their best outcomes through insight, coaching, and personal empowerment. Through their partnership with Play it Green, they will now be […]
Busting Sustainable Business Myths
Even though most small-to-medium business owners understand the value of sustainability, when it comes to putting their own green strategies into action, there’s usually something holding them back. Whether it’s perceived cost or feeling like you’re just too small to make a difference, taking those first steps to Net Zero can be overwhelming. To ease […]
Sustainability Tip 66: Keep Your House ‘Green’ and Tidy
Whether you love it or hate it, cleaning is a part of life we all have to deal with. However, what we use to clean has been changing. People are more than ever recognising the difference they can make to the planet’s future and choosing what they buy more carefully. That includes their cleaning […]
Warrington Wolves Join Play It Green to Become a “Force For Nature”
As part of the Wire’s aspiration to lead the Betfred Super League in sustainability credentials, Warrington Wolves will be partnering with Play it Green to help lower the club’s carbon footprint and enhance their environmental actions. As part of their commitment, the Salford Red Devils game on Sunday 3rd July will see Warrington Wolves […]
Member in Focus: Be.EV
This week we talked to Asif Ghafoor, the CEO of Be.EV, about their expanding electric vehicle charging network and the importance of sustainability in business. To get started, why don’t you tell us a bit about Be.EV and what you do? Our mission is to build an electric vehicle charging network that offers fair and […]
How To Lower Your Family’s Footprint at Home
The climate crisis is worrying for everyone, and there’s been an increase in awareness around eco-anxiety. While mostly thought of in young people, it can seriously impact parents too. In fact, two out of three British parents believe that climate change threatens their children’s future, and 38% admitted to worrying about climate change more since […]
Why Air Pollution Matters In The Fight Against Climate Change
Almost every person around the world regularly breathes in polluted air. This impacts health in a huge variety of ways, from inflammation to suppressing the immune system. Eventually, it can also result in heart diseases, lung cancer, respiratory diseases and strokes. Overall, air pollution causes eight million premature deaths every year. These statistics […]
Automedi Amplifies Climate Positivity with Play it Green
Automedi has partnered with Play it Green to amplify climate positivity in their organisation, engage their Climate Impact workforce, and do even more to help repair the planet. Automedi is the world’s first decentralised circular microeconomy converting plastic waste into community products at the point of use. This is done by combining decentralised additive […]
How (and Why) You Should Create a Sustainability Webpage
When people visit your business’s website, they should be able to find out how you’re making a social and environmental impact. Creating a sustainability webpage can significantly improve your brand reputation, establish accountability, and create a positive impact in your community and beyond. This page, whether you call it ‘Sustainability’, ‘Impact’, or something else […]
Sustainability Tip 65: Get A Sustainable Razor
Humans have been shaving for thousands of years, but as times have changed, our shaving habits have started to have a terrible impact on the environment. Switching to a sustainable razor could make all the difference. The Waste Problem As you might imagine, the biggest problem with razors is the amount of waste they cause. […]
Meet The Woman Championing Sustainability in Her Community
This week we spoke to Jan Johnson, a local Manchester woman who is making a big difference in her community and inspiring others to do their part for the environment. Hi Jan, why don’t you start by telling us a bit about yourself and what you do? I’m a community volunteer working with Step Up […]
Our Good Causes: Winston’s Wish
At Play it Green, 10% of everything we receive from our customers goes to a good cause of their choice. One of these good causes is Winston’s Wish, and today we would like to take a moment and celebrate all of the important work that they do. Winton’s Wish’s mission is for a society […]
How The Sports Industry is Embracing Sustainability
Golf, football and Athletics are just some of the major sports now embracing sustainability and recognising its role in securing a brighter future for the planet. Sports have always played a major role in our society, bringing people together across the globe. Now, the sports industry has a responsibility to use its influence to […]
World Rainforest Day: What Is It and Why Should You Care?
June 22nd marks World Rainforest Day! If you’ve never heard of it before, don’t worry, it’s only the fifth one that’s ever been held. So, what is it, why should you care, and how can you get involved? Why are rainforests important? Rainforests (literally forests where it rains a lot) cover about 6% of the […]
Competition and Collaboration for Sustainability
Sustainability has become a necessity not just for the planet, but for businesses too. Today, business leaders face increasing pressure from employees, customers, and investors to take action on environmental issues. If they don’t, they risk everything from employee satisfaction to investment and may be left struggling to keep up with future green legislation. […]
Preloved Kilo Let Customers Plant a Tree with Every Purchase
Preloved Kilo is the U.K.’s leading fully-independent vintage and retro clothing supplier, running events all around the U.K. and even supplying Asda with their preloved vintage range. Now, they are selling their vintage clothes to customers online and, in partnership with Play it Green, giving them the chance to plant a tree with every purchase. […]
Sustainability Tip 64: Sleep Sustainably at Night
Getting a good night’s sleep is vital for our health, but how do our sleeping habits impact the planet and sleep sustainably? Bedding, and mattresses, in particular, are actually becoming quite a big environmental issue. In 2017, the U.K. alone threw away more than 7 million mattresses and, according to Zero Waste Scotland, […]
Love Island Ditches Fast Fashion for eBay Preloved
Love Island is back on our screens, with one big difference: they’ve ditched the fast fashion and, this year, are dressing the contestants in second-hand clothes from eBay. The show, which has drawn in over 3 million viewers in the past, has previously been criticised for promoting fast fashion brands such as Boohoo-owned I […]
Why Diversity is Integral to Sustainability
It’s Pride Month! A time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and recognise the impact they’ve had on the world, as well as celebrate how far we’ve come as a society since the Stonewall Riots in 1969. However, it’s also a time to reflect on the work left to be done to make the […]
Memo Plus Makes Their Workforce Climate Impact with Play it Green
Memo Plus, a Hong Kong-based PR firm, has partnered with Play it Green to reduce their footprint, make their workforce Climate Impact, repair the planet by planting trees, and give back to a good cause. MEMO PLUS Production is an integrated PR agency specializing in marketing, profile-raising, public relations, crisis management and brand management. Their […]
Three Innovative Ways Solar Power is Being Used
The sun is the source of all energy on Earth, shining down 430 quintillion Joules of energy every hour. That’s more than the whole of humanity consumes in a year. It’s no wonder that solar power is becoming one of the most dependable and widespread renewable energies available. Yet, it has so much more […]
Germany Wins Women’s Under-17 UEFA Championship
After a dramatic final against tournament favourites, Spain in Sarajevo, Germany won the UEFA European Women’s Under-17 Championship, levelling late on in the game before eventually winning on penalties. This marks the eighth time Germany has won the championship, and both of these teams were in the final for the ninth time in 13 whilst they were […]
Sustainability Among Highest Priorities for CEOs in 2022
Sustainability is quickly becoming a top priority for businesses around the world, according to new research by IBM, with CEOs recognising it as essential to their growth. The annual CEO study, Own your impact: Practical pathways to transformational sustainability, surveyed more than 3,000 CEOs worldwide to determine their attitudes towards sustainability and what progress […]
Sustainability Tip 63: Spray it Green
We all want to keep our houses clean, tidy, and well-maintained, and cleaning products help with that. They can remove dust, allergens, and germs from our environment. But have you ever considered the environmental cost of our cleaning chemicals? VCOs The biggest impact of cleaning products comes from the ingredients inside. These are called “Volatile […]
The Three-Step Solution: Regive
Everything we do at Play it Green is guided by our unique 3-step solution to climate change: Reduce, Repair, Regive. This week, we take a look at our final step – regive 10% to a good cause – what it means, and why it’s so important. It’s important to understand that the climate crisis […]
Climate Innovations: What Will Replace Plastic?
Plastic is a climate and waste issue that everyone is aware of. After all, it’s something that people come into contact with every day and footage of marine animals trapped by plastic waste provokes a strong emotional reaction. Yet, removing plastic from our lives is easier said than done with it embedded into almost […]
Affirmative Gets a Climate Impact Workforce
Affirmative has made its entire workforce Climate Impact through their partnership with Play it Green. Manchester-based Affirmative Finance provide bridging loans and development finance for individuals and businesses and have been a mainstay in the sector since 2004. Through our partnership, they will now make an immediate environmental and social impact through the trees […]
Make Your Office Greener (Literally)
When you think of office spaces, you probably imagine a fast-paced, urban environment with drab rooms and fluorescent lighting. Not exactly the most welcoming place to be, especially when you consider that the office environment can play a huge role in employee satisfaction, productivity, and even mental health. Thankfully, companies are starting to take […]
Sustainability Tip 62: Don’t Buy, Rent
All of us are guilty of buying things we don’t really need. Overconsumption is becoming a huge environmental issue, with some reports indicating we consume twice as many material goods today as we did 50 years ago. The ability to buy things online and have them delivered the next day is also making […]
Member in Focus: Housr
In this week’s Member in Focus, we talk to Harry Panter, Co-Founder and CEO of Housr, about what they do, why, and how sustainability has played an important role in their business. First off, why don’t you tell us a little bit about Housr, what it is you do, and how you got started? When […]