Business Tip: Make Your Meals Sustainable Of all the many ways businesses can reduce their footprint, food is one area that often gets left to the wayside. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to produce and transport. On top of that, food waste alone is responsible for releasing around 150Mt of carbon dioxide. That’s almost 30% of the […]
Ben Wild Studios Gets a Climate Positive Workforce with Play it Green Ben Wild Studios has partnered with Play it Green to plant trees, balance their carbon footprint, and drive sustainability within their business. The multi-discipline animation and film studio will now make an immediate environmental and social impact through the trees they plant, all whilst being provided with the weekly tips and tools to lower […]
Sustainability Tip 52: Wear Your Values Environmental sustainability and ethics often go hand in hand. This is no wonder, as many feel that being sustainable is a moral duty to the planet and those who live on it. According to the Center for Humans and Nature, ethics is also inseparable from the ideas of justice, consequence, and proper use of […]
9 Ways Small Business Can Reduce Carbon Emissions by Regi Publico The largest corporations have the most significant contribution to the world’s carbon emissions. Only 100 of the hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide are responsible for 71% of the total greenhouse gas emissions since 1998. However, this doesn’t mean that the carbon footprint of small businesses doesn’t matter. The United Nations’ […]
First “Free Energy Bills” Homes Set to Be Launched in UK The UK’s first factory-built, energy-bills-free homes are set to be launched in Essex next year at a time when energy costs are soaring for households nationwide. We all know British homes are notoriously bad at keeping the heat in, having some of the ‘oldest and leakiest’ properties in Europe. Nine in ten households (more […]
Sustainability Tip 51: Embrace Zero-Waste Everyone has heard the phrase ‘reduce, repair, recycle’ before, and for good reason, too. Using less, and reusing what we have, is what sustainability is all about. After all, our planet has a limited amount of resources and a growing population. Demand for pretty much everything is at an all-time high; food, clothing, […]
Acclaimed Mortgage Consultancy Gets a Climate Positive Workforce Acclaimed Mortgage Consultancy has recently partnered with Play it Green to drive sustainability within their business, make their workforce Climate Positive, and plant four trees for every case they complete, balancing their carbon footprint. The mortgage and equity release specialists will now make an immediate environmental and social impact by planting trees and providing […]
How Can We Make Sports Sustainable (and Why Should We)? There’s no denying that sport is an important part of our society. It offers opportunities for physical activity in a world that is increasingly diminishing. It promotes good health and well-being, and it provides a means of social contact, a place for people to bond over shared interests. At the same time, however, sports can […]
Julia Simic Fights Climate Change with Play It Green The Julia Simic Football Academy for girls has partnered with Play it Green to ensure sustainability is at the heart of every camp, participants are empowered, and they make the biggest environmental and social impact possible. Julia Simic, the former German international who played for clubs including Bayern Munich and West Ham United, will […]
The Women Fighting to Save Our Planet Women, particularly indigenous women, have long been leading the fight against climate change through their work and activism. Today, on International Women’s Day, we want to take a moment to celebrate them and their efforts to protect our world. Dr. Rose M. Mutiso Photo: LinkedIn Dr. Rose M. Mutiso can be considered your go-to expert […]
Make Sustainability a Part of Your Strategy Why do businesses invest in sustainability? Partly out of necessity and because of our changing climate, yes, but also often because of the other benefits it can bring. In fact, sustainable initiatives in the workplace are now undeniably good for business. Yet, many companies just simply aren’t seeing the benefits or, in some cases, […]