Generate Your Own Clean Energy A growing number of companies are beginning to generate their own clean energy to keep energy costs low, reduce environmental impact, and even establish new revenue streams. Of course, setting up your own electricity generation comes with a significant upfront cost. Still, the investment typically pays off within just a few years, making it […]
Reading Sustainably: How To Turn The Page On Climate Change Around the world, reading is a favourite pastime for people of all ages. And in the past few years, the number of people picking up a book for fun has only increased due to lockdown. But what is the cost to the environment of all these books, and how can we ensure we are reading […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Three-Step Solution: Repair 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 an in-depth look at step two and what repairing the planet really means. When people think about climate change, they often think about all the possible catastrophic things that could […]