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 […]
How Being Sustainable Helps Attract Better Talent Businesses who embrace sustainability often do so out of a responsibility to the planet or to attract more customers. Yet, there’s another reason why they should consider it: to attract better talent. Employees are looking more and more to get hired by companies performing well on environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Take Unilever as […]
World Environment Day: What is it and why should you care? It’s one month till World Environment Day! Taking place every June 5th, the event is led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and has been held every year since 1974. Now, it is the largest global platform for environmental outreach, with millions of people around the world engaging to protect the planet. […]
Be Transparent about Sustainability There are many things that get in the way of companies becoming more sustainable, but a major one is the fear that they may unknowingly engage in ‘greenwashing’. With the brand’s reputation on the line, many businesses decide it is safer to simply not take any action at all. This is the wrong move. […]
Earth Month: Invest with Education Earth Month is coming to a close, but the work to invest in our future continues. We want to take a look at one last area that’s essential when it comes to fighting climate change; education. The reasons education is so vital are simple; we need to know, first off, what the problem is […]
Earth Month: Invest in Nature This Friday will be Earth Day, and with how much we talk about living more sustainably, this day gives us time to think about why. The simplest and most obvious answer is that the planet Earth is our home. We don’t have another one, and we need to preserve it for our own sakes. […]
Earth Month: Investing by Reducing The theme of this year’s Earth Month is Invest in Our Planet, and over the next few weeks, we will look at three different ways you can do exactly that. The first, to reduce. And this means reducing everything; from how much we consume, how much energy we use, how much waste we throw […]
How to Solve Climate Change, According to Climate Scientists The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on mitigation was released recently. After a particularly dreary look at how we are currently progressing into the climate crisis in their last report, this new one offers hope with the ways we can stop, or at the very least reduce its effects. […]
Earth Month: What Does ‘Invest in Our Planet’ Really Mean? It’s Earth Month! And for the next four weeks, we will be taking stock of where we are in the fight against climate change, what we have accomplished and what we still need to do and to remind ourselves exactly what we are fighting for. In this first Earth Month article, we will take […]
The 1000 Tree Challenge April 2022 is Earth Month and Play it Green’s first anniversary! To celebrate, we’re launching the 1000 Tree Challenge, to help everyone make the biggest social and environmental impact possible. This year’s theme is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ and that’s exactly what this challenge is all about, utilising the power of community and […]
The Fight To Tackle E-Waste Do you keep your old laptops, computers, and phones? If you do, you’re not alone, and that’s just part of the reason electronic waste, or e-waste, is the world’s fastest-growing domestic waste stream. The reason this is such a huge issue is not only because of the amount of waste we are producing […]