Reef-Friendly Sunscreen: SPF Without Greenwash
Reef-Friendly Sunscreen: Introduction Reef-Friendly Sunscreen is a smarter summer swap for anyone heading to the beach, pool, park, or garden chair with misplaced faith in British weather. Sunscreen protects our skin, which must always come first. The issue is that some formulas can wash off into rivers, seas and coral reef areas, adding pressure to […]
Ikonic: Sustainable IT, A Case Study
Sustainable IT: Introduction Sustainable IT has become a practical business priority, and Ikonic Technology Ltd, an IT distributor based in Heywood, UK, is showing how it can be done with proper measurement, practical reduction, refurbished technology, and verified impact. For Play It Green customer, Ikonic Technology, this is not about attaching a green message to […]
Welcome, Lee Warren, Events Growth Partner
Lee Warren: Introduction Fresh from its recent appointment of Kieron Bailey as Hospitality Growth Partner, Play It Green is proud to welcome Lee Warren as our Events Growth Partner for event organisers, venues, festivals, conferences, ticketing platforms, and partners. Lee brings more than 20 years of experience across live events, music, theatre, corporate events, sponsorship, […]
Latest Sustainability News for June 29th
Sustainability News for June 29th: Introduction The Sustainability News for June 29th looks at how cleaner transport, reusable packaging, and biodiversity recovery are moving into everyday systems. For the Play It Green community, that is exactly where progress becomes useful. This week’s stories take us from electric delivery fleets to a new global symbol for […]
Eco-Friendly Swimwear: Beachwear Without Plastic
Eco-Friendly Swimwear: Introduction Eco-Friendly Swimwear is a smart summer swap for anyone heading to the pool, beach, lido, or pretending the UK heatwave will last longer than 11 minutes. Swimwear looks small, yet most pieces are made from plastic-based fibres such as polyester, nylon and elastane. Those materials are useful in water, but they come […]
Nature Repair Report June 2026: Land, Coast and Sea
Nature Repair Report June 2026: Introduction The Nature Repair Report June 2026 looks at verified repair across land, coast and sea, with people built into the story from the start. June gives us a useful moment to connect the dots, with World Environment Day, World Ocean Day and World Rainforest Day sitting close together. It […]
Welcome, Kieron Bailey, Hospitality Growth Partner
Kieron Bailey: Introduction Play It Green is proud to welcome Kieron Bailey as our Hospitality Growth Partner, supporting our work with pubs, restaurants, hotels and hospitality groups. Kieron brings more than two decades of experience across the hospitality sector, including time as a Wagamama multi-site operator, international operations with Hard Rock Cafe, pub operations, consultancy, […]
Latest Sustainability News for June 22nd
Sustainability News for June 22nd: Introduction The Sustainability News for June 22nd looks at clean growth becoming more useful for businesses, communities, and the places we use every day. For the Play It Green community, this week’s stories point to a practical kind of progress, where sustainability supports jobs, cuts waste, strengthens energy systems, and […]
Sustainable Sliders: Step Better This Summer
Sustainable Sliders: Introduction Sustainable Sliders are a smarter next step for anyone who loves the ease of summer slip-ons but wants fewer fossil fuel-based materials underfoot. Standard sliders sit by back doors, vanish into beach bags, survive questionable campsite showers, and somehow end up in the supermarket on a Tuesday evening. They are simple, useful […]
Sustainability Terms – E Edition
Sustainability Terms – E Edition: Introduction This week, we continue our monthly A-Z guide with Sustainability Terms – E Edition. The guide is for companies that want plain English, not jargon. This month’s terms appear in board packs, supplier forms, building projects, carbon reports, packaging rules and sustainability statements. Some affect compliance, some affect cost, […]
The Ellis Group X Play It Green: New Member
The Ellis Group: Introduction We are delighted to welcome The Ellis Group to the Play It Green community. The Ellis Group provides accountancy and business support to clients who want clear advice, reliable service and a team they can trust behind the numbers. But like many forward-thinking businesses, they also recognise that responsible business is […]
Sustainability News for June 15th: Innovations
Sustainability News for June 15th: Introduction The Sustainability News for June 15th gives us a chance to look back at the innovations that might just help create global change. Every six months, it feels right to pause, look around, and ask which new ideas are moving from clever thinking into real-world use. At Play It […]
Eco-Friendly Watches: Time for Less Waste
Eco-Friendly Watches: Introduction Eco-Friendly Watches make a brilliant Father’s Day gift, since most dads like a nice watch, and many pretend they do not need one until they absolutely do. A watch can feel personal, useful and lasting, which already gives it a head start over novelty gifts that vanish into a drawer by Tuesday. […]
Stagecoach’s Electrification Journey: Case Study
Stagecoach: Introduction Stagecoach is often recognised for the scale of its bus network, and its electrification journey shows that the real story behind the change is much bigger than replacing diesel buses with electric ones. Following Stagecoach’s recognition by global environmental disclosure organisation CDP for its climate transparency, Play It Green founder Richard Dickson spoke […]
Inspiring Sustainability News for June 8th
Sustainability News for June 8th: Introduction The Sustainability News for June 8th is proudly UK-focused this week, with three stories showing progress across climate adaptation, food redistribution, and offshore wind. For the Play It Green community, that mix matters. Sustainability works best when it helps people, protects places, and strengthens businesses at the same time. […]
Eco-Friendly Water Bottles: Refill, Reuse…Reduce
Eco-Friendly Water Bottles: Introduction Eco-Friendly Water Bottles really are are one of the simplest swaps for cutting everyday plastic waste. Most of us leave the house needing water; the choice is whether we carry it with us or buy another disposable bottle on the way. That routine may feel harmless and efficient in the moment, […]
Circular Economy Collaboration: Together, Not Alone
Circular Economy Collaboration: Introduction A circular economy collaboration sits at the centre of this guest post from Rachel Sheila Kan, founder of Real Circularity™ and a leading circularity expert. Her latest piece looks beyond materials, recycling and product design. This month, her argument is clear: circularity only works when people build it together. That means […]
Inspiring Sustainability News for June 1st
Sustainability News for June 1st: Introduction The Sustainability News for June 1st highlights three stories where sustainability is moving from good intention into practical progress. For the Play It Green community, that matters, as real change works best when it is clear, useful, and connected to everyday decisions. This week, round-the-clock clean energy is beating […]
Eco-Friendly Sunglasses: Better Shades, Less Plastic
Eco-Friendly Sunglasses: Introduction Eco-Friendly Sunglasses are a smart summer swap for anyone who likes sunshine, clear vision, and not squinting like a confused meerkat. Most of us choose sunglasses based on style, fit, price, and whether they survive being dropped in a bag. Yet many pairs are made from plastic-based frames, mixed materials, and packaging […]
Nature Repair Report May 2026: The Trust Shift
Nature Repair Report May 2026: Introduction The Nature Repair Report May 2026 is about trust, and the best way to build trust is to show what is happening on the ground, in the water and in the communities connected to each project. At Play It Green, our members help support verified nature repair across land, […]
Electric Pedals x Play It Green: New Member
Electric Pedals: Introduction We’re pleased to welcome Electric Pedals to the Play It Green community. Founded by Colin Tonks, Electric Pedals creates human-powered energy systems that turn movement into real electricity in real time. The business designs and delivers pedal, crank and hybrid power systems for events, installations, exhibitions and brand activations. This makes them […]
Latest Sustainability News for May 25th
Sustainability News for May 25th: Introduction The Sustainability News for May 25th brings together three stories showing how sustainability is moving into finance, sport and everyday consumer behaviour. For the Play It Green community, this week feels nicely practical. We have major backing for carbon removal, a new ambition for greener sport, and a clearer […]
Eco-Friendly Beer: Better Pints, Lower Impact
Eco-Friendly Beer: Introduction Eco-Friendly Beer might sound like the kind of phrase that makes a pub regular raise one eyebrow over their pint. Fair enough, as beer has always been about flavour, friendship, local pride and occasionally pretending you can taste “notes of gooseberry” without checking the label. Yet the pint in your hand has […]
SME ESG Strategy – Why 90 Pages Is Too Much
SME ESG Strategy: Introduction An SME ESG strategy should make business clearer, not bury people under a document nobody reads. Many smaller businesses hear about ESG, climate reporting, supply chain data, carbon footprints, customer expectations and regulation, then assume the answer must be a huge strategy document. A better route is a short, practical plan […]
The Regency Club Impact: Optional £1, Real Results
The Regency Club: Creating Positive Change A small, optionally removable £1 on a restaurant bill has helped The Regency Club customers create a major impact for nature, climate and charity. Over 33 months, that simple contribution has funded 77,776 trees, mangroves and sea kelp, rebalanced 7,647.6 tonnes of CO₂e and raised £3,888.80 for The Children’s […]
Latest Sustainability News for May 18th
Sustainability News for May 18th: Introduction The Sustainability News for May 18th arrives at a useful moment for the Play It Green community, with three stories showing how sustainability is moving into the machinery of business. This week is about cleaner power, greener digital infrastructure, and corporate climate targets becoming more common across global markets. […]
Eco-Friendly BBQ: Better Grilling, Less Waste
Eco-Friendly BBQ Essentials: Introduction When the first proper warm evening arrives, an Eco-Friendly BBQ starts sounding like a very good idea. There is something deeply satisfying about cooking outside. Smoke in the air, people gathered round, food arriving in stages, and everyone pretending they are more relaxed than they were ten minutes earlier. An Eco-Friendly […]
Sustainable Business Growth, Beyond Compliance
Sustainable Business Growth: Introduction Sustainable Business Growth is getting harder to separate from what a business stands for, how it behaves, and what people feel when they spend money with it. Sustainability is moving into the expected standard as buyers ask for it, guests assume it, and legislation is heading in that direction. That matters, […]
Aventus Global: First in Dubai to Pass 1,000 Plants
Aventus Global: A Dubai Partnership with Purpose Aventus Global has become Play It Green’s first Dubai partner to pass 1,000 trees, mangroves and sea kelp planted. It is a brilliant milestone for a business built on relationships, trust and long-term value across the GCC. Based in Dubai, Aventus Global works with ambitious organisations looking for […]
Inspiring Sustainability News for May 11th
Sustainability News for May 11th: Introduction The Sustainability News for May 11th lands in a week where practical progress feels more useful than polished promises. For the Play It Green community, that matters, since these stories sit at a crossroads where supply, waste and infrastructure shape business decisions. Taken together, our featured stories point to […]