Tree Planting Report July 2024
Tree Planting Report July 2024 Play it Green, thanks to our amazing members, has now planted over half a million new trees as detailed in our latest Tree Planting Report July 2024. Not bad, considering we are not just a tree planting organisation! On top of the trees, we’ve also helped 100,000+ people and 350+ businesses […]
Responsible Packaging Expo x Play It Green New Partner
Fortem International: Responsible Packaging Expo Play It Green is excited to announce a partnership with B2B Tradeshow company Fortem International. Bristol based Fortem International deliver extensively around Europe, the U.S and Asia, have teamed up Play It Green to enhance their ESG actions and credentials. Play It Green will now be the official sustainability partner […]
Tree Planting Report July 2023
Tree Planting Report July 2023 Play it Green, thanks to our amazing members, has now planted 327,215 brand new trees, as detailed in our latest Tree Planting Report July 2023. The report highlights the four planting sites in Madagascar, the good the trees are doing and how each tree has been paid for. . These trees […]
Out of the Box Gifts joins Play It Green
Out Of The Box Gifts & Play It Green Team Up Out of the Box Gifts who specialise in ethical gift boxes for all occasions are Play It Green’s latest member to have a Climate Positive Workforce and add trees to sales. A brand based upon positivity, sharing and giving, Out of the Box Gifts provide […]
Manchester Central Go Climate Positive
Manchester Central Commit to Reduce and Rebalance Staff Carbon Footprint Manchester Central is the first major events venue of its kind to strike up a partnership with Play It Green. Their new initiative is helping to reduce and rebalance the carbon footprint of its team members. This is done through reforestation, education, and knowledge sharing. […]
Wood Leisure Do Climate Positive Bookings
Wood Leisure Do Climate Positive Bookings with Play It Green One of Scotland’s finest Holiday Park operators, Wood Leisure has teamed up with Play It Green to offer Climate Positive Bookings. Holiday makers making a booking to any one of Wood Leisure’s six holiday parks in Scotland can now rebalance their journey. The six beautiful […]
Dains Accountants Get a Climate Positive Workforce
Dains Accountants get a Climate Positive Workforce The fastest-growing accountancy firm in the Accountancy Age Top 100 is rooting for environmental change after joining forces with Play It Green to get a Climate Positive Workforce. Dains, which has offices throughout the UK, is working to reduce its carbon footprint after joining forces with the innovative sustainability […]
Why a Sustainability Plan is Important
The Importance of Planning Having a plan for the year can be beneficial in many ways. It helps to focus your efforts, set goals, and measure your progress. Planning can also provide a sense of direction and purpose, and be extremely satisfying come the end of the year when you tick off achieved goals. Important […]
Merry Christmas and Thank You Video
Thank You Video From Play It Green Cofounders Chris and Richard Play it Green cofounders Chris Thair and Richard Dickson deliver a thank you and Merry Christmas message to all friends, members, partners and supporters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYDuL8uRfY The video celebrates how Play It Green has helped thousands of people and hundreds of businesses into lowering their carbon […]
Tree Planting Report December 2022
Tree Planting Report December 2022 Play it Green, thanks to our brilliant members, has now planted 179,915 new trees on this wonderful planet of ours. The trees are planted across three sites in Madagascar to support the ongoing reforestation of the country. These trees bring life, prosperity and a brighter future locally however for the […]
Member In Focus – Cleaner Energy Solutions
For this week’s Member in Focus, we talked to Jessica Viller of Cleaner Energy Solutions about their mission to install as many Air Source Heat pumps into residential and commercial properties as possible, and why sustainability is important to them. Why did Cleaner Energy Solutions Get a Climate Positive Workforce? All businesses, including our own, […]
Greystone Technology Partner With Play It Green
Greystone Technology have partnered with Play It Green to ensure they have Climate Positive Workforce, enhance their environmental actions and accelerate their journey to net-zero. The longstanding IT services and software solutions company based in Manchester have joined the award-winning sustainability business from the same city, which has a customer base across nine countries. […]
Red Star Belgrade Rugby League Partner with Play It Green
One of Serbia’s biggest rugby clubs, Red Star Belgrade Rugby League, has partnered with Play It Green to help lower the club’s carbon footprint and enhance its environmental actions. Red Star Belgrade RLFC, members of the prestigious Red Star Sports Society in Serbia’s capital city, will utilise Play It Green’s services to educate, shape their environmental […]
We Are Recruiting
Play It Green are looking for a new Marketing Manager and Business Development superstar. The Job Descriptions and Person Specifications (JD and PS) for each role can be downloaded here: Marketing-Manager-JD-and-PS Business-Development-Executive-JD-and-PS If you’re interested in either role, please send a CV and cover letter to chris@playitgreen.com. You can find more information below. The closing […]
October Tree Planting Report
In our first six months Play it Green has planted an amazing 27,728 trees, helped many people and businesses to reduce their footprint, and has provided vital funds to eight fantastic charities. None of this, however, would have been possible without all of our amazing members. To them, a big congratulations and thank you. This is an […]
Play It Green to Plant 4000 New Trees for the Progress 21 Event
Play It Green will make PROGRESS21, Manchester’s biggest Business conference this year, a climate positive event by planting a tree for every person attending, the equivalent of taking over twenty-three thousand cars off the road for the day. Nearly four thousand delegates are expected to attend Thursdays PROGRESS21 event at Manchester Central which combines […]
Winstons Wish Joins Play It Green
The charity Winston’s Wish is now an official good cause of Play It Green, meaning it will receive more funding for its work in supporting children after the death of a parent or sibling. Environmental business, Play It Green helps people and businesses to become more sustainable and for them to enjoy and benefit […]
Weekly Tip 21 – Change Your Toothbrush
Let’s remove plaque and plastic from our mouths by moving to a more sustainable toothbrush made from bamboo. Bamboo has anti-fungal, antibacterial, antimicrobial properties making it good for the mouth and it is 100% compostable. Then we get environmental benefits of bamboo due to it being one of the fastest-growing least water-consumptive plants […]
July Tree Planting Report
It is paramount our members know the trees are being planted and are making a difference. That is why we bring you regular tree planting reports and publish all our purchase receipts. Our tree planting partner Eden Reforestation has been going since 2004 and is used by major brands such as Ecosia and others. We […]
Preloved Kilo to Plant a Million Trees
Preloved Kilo has partnered with Play It Green to plant over a million trees within the next decade and help drive down the carbon footprint of their customers and workforce. The Preloved Kilo group provide George at Asda with their pre-loved vintage range, promoting sustainable fashion and a circular economy for clothing. Preloved […]
Amaris Group Invests in Play It Green
Play It Green announces significant six figure investment from Amaris Group Limited to help scale its tree planting and footprint reduction subscription services and initiatives. Play It Green, who launched in Spring this year, help people and businesses to become more sustainable and for them to enjoy and benefit from that journey with a […]
EU-UK Young and Old Collaborate to Fight Climate Change
Millennials from Berlin, the very heart of the EU, believed in the vision of two Generation X dads from Manchester so much, that they began a collaboration just months after the UK had officially left the EU to help establish a new UK company called Play It Green. This is a heart-warming story of […]
May 2021 Tree Planting Report
Thanks to our members Play It Green has now planted close to 5000 new trees in our first two months. Our trees are planted across three sites in North-West Madagascar, an island bigger than the UK that is renowned for having a diverse set of animals and plants, having been undisturbed by humans […]
Pride in Supporting Mental Health
Thirty six percent of Play It Green members selected the mental health charity Mind as their good cause when signing up and by doing so are passing on vital funds to support people who are struggling. Play It Green is a business that does things differently and 10% of all revenues are passed onto a […]
Boris Dyes Hair Green for Climate Change
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dyed his famous blonde locks green and vowed his hair will stay green until the United Kingdom reaches its climate change targets. The UK aims to be net-zero by 2050 and in November will host the UN Climate Conference, COP26, in Glasgow. So the new hairstyle may be in place […]