Love Island Ditches Fast Fashion for eBay Preloved Love Island is back on our screens, with one big difference: they’ve ditched the fast fashion and, this year, are dressing the contestants in second-hand clothes from eBay. The show, which has drawn in over 3 million viewers in the past, has previously been criticised for promoting fast fashion brands such as Boohoo-owned I […]
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 […]
Memo Plus Makes Their Workforce Climate Positive with Play it Green Memo Plus, a Hong Kong-based PR firm, has partnered with Play it Green to reduce their footprint, make their workforce climate positive, repair the planet by planting trees, and give back to a good cause. MEMO PLUS Production is an integrated PR agency specializing in marketing, profile-raising, public relations, crisis management and brand management. Their […]
Three Innovative Ways Solar Power is Being Used The sun is the source of all energy on Earth, shining down 430 quintillion Joules of energy every hour. That’s more than the whole of humanity consumes in a year. It’s no wonder that solar power is becoming one of the most dependable and widespread renewable energies available. Yet, it has so much more […]
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 […]
Sustainability Tip 63: Spray it Green We all want to keep our houses clean, tidy, and well-maintained, and cleaning products help with that. They can remove dust, allergens, and germs from our environment. But have you ever considered the environmental cost of our cleaning chemicals? VCOs The biggest impact of cleaning products comes from the ingredients inside. These are called “Volatile […]
Climate Innovations: What Will Replace Plastic? Plastic is a climate and waste issue that everyone is aware of. After all, it’s something that people come into contact with every day and footage of marine animals trapped by plastic waste provokes a strong emotional reaction. Yet, removing plastic from our lives is easier said than done with it embedded into almost […]
Affirmative Gets a Climate Positive Workforce Affirmative has made its entire workforce Climate Positive through their partnership with Play it Green. Manchester-based Affirmative Finance provide bridging loans and development finance for individuals and businesses and have been a mainstay in the sector since 2004. Through our partnership, they will now make an immediate environmental and social impact through the trees […]
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 […]
Sustainability Tip 62: Don't Buy, Rent All of us are guilty of buying things we don’t really need. Overconsumption is becoming a huge environmental issue, with some reports indicating we consume twice as many material goods today as we did 50 years ago. The ability to buy things online and have them delivered the next day is also making […]
Member in Focus: Housr In this week’s Member in Focus, we talk to Harry Panter, Co-Founder and CEO of Housr, about what they do, why, and how sustainability has played an important role in their business. First off, why don’t you tell us a little bit about Housr, what it is you do, and how you got started? When […]