Our Top Three Sustainability Stories This Week The quest for sustainability can cause anxiety, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are three sustainability news stories focusing on innovations that give us all reasons to hope that our future will be sustainable. Our first story comes from the United Kingdom and looks at a new sustainable innovation taking […]
Weekly Tip: Put Your Greenest Foot Forward We wear shoes practically every day, but they come with a serious impact on the environment. More than 25 billion shoes are produced every year, with each pair generating around 30 pounds of carbon emissions. That’s unusually high for a product that requires no electricity or sophisticated components. In fact, it’s the equivalent of leaving a […]
Consumer Behaviour is Changing – Find Out How Did you know that consumer behaviour aids businesses in deciding what goods and services to produce or provide? Organisations can more quickly identify an unmet demand when they are aware of what customers purchase and how they go about doing so. In short, consumer behaviour drives corporate behaviour and there is great news. […]
Weekly Tip: Care For Your Skin And The Planet Taking care of your skin is important, whether it be with face wash, moisturiser or anti-ageing cream. But take one look around the average household’s bathroom, and you’ll soon see why these products are considered incredibly unsustainable. In the past, people used natural ingredients in reusable bottles for skincare, but as society and innovation […]
Why Sustainability Is Profitable John Elkington first proposed the triple bottom line concept in the mid-1990s. The idea was that by focusing on “people, planet, and profit,” businesses could be made profitable in a sustainable manner. Elkington sought to influence corporate executives with his views and way of thinking. He wanted business executives to find it simple to grasp that they […]
Top Three Sustainability News Stories To get your week off to a great start, here are three good news stories from the world of sustainability to give you hope for the future. From Marks & Spencer removing best-before dates from 85% of its fresh produce, UEFA, Notpla and Just Eat collaborating to deliver better food packaging at Wembley and […]
Weekly Tip 72 - Ditch The Dairy Milk Most of us drink milk, even if it’s just in our cereal and our coffee. But one thing is clear: dairy is not good for the planet. A 2018 study by researchers at the University of Oxford showed that producing a glass of dairy milk creates almost three times more greenhouse gas emissions than any plant-based […]
Our Top 3 Recent Sustainability Innovations When it comes to sustainability, innovation is key as we rethink old ways, break down barriers and do things in a new and more conscious way. With that in mind, here are our top three recent innovations that will no doubt help our planet and provide the next generations with a better future. […]
Understand The Reasons Why Sustainability Is Important for Business According to the latest research by WGSN and Informa Markets, consumers are likely to enter a “period of realignment” in the next twelve months that prioritises thoughtful consumption and sustainable living. The recent WGSN poll found that consumers are wanting to embrace ethical and environmentally responsible production processes after “years of rapid industry, technological, and […]
Weekly Tip 71 - Ditch Single-Use Plastic At Home It’s almost the end of Plastic-Free July, a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. To do this, though, it’s not enough to just give up for a month; we have to do it permanently. This […]
Our Top Three 'Good News' Sustainability Stories The world of sustainability can be full of doom and gloom, but not with Play It Green. Below, you can read our top three recent sustainability news stories that give us all hope for a better and greener future. Our first story comes from Haitang Bay’s Sanya International Duty Free Shopping Complex, in […]