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03/06/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Did you know that your cleaning habits can have a negative impact on the environment and contribute to climate change? Every year, home cleaning generates more than 29 billion pieces of plastic each year. We all know that plastic takes hundreds of years to break down and often ends up in the ocean. In fact, […]

Great News About Sustainable Business Travel

01/06/2021

Business Tips, Sustainability

Currently, the world’s global emissions are around 40 gigatons of CO2 every year and our current ‘climate budget’ for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is quickly running out! By offsetting our footprint through tree planting we can slow global warming down and by changing our behaviour and reducing our footprint, we can stop […]

Adidas Allbirds Collaborate for World's Most Sustainable Trainer

17/05/2021

Business Tips, Retail, Sports, Sustainability

We all know that the fashion industry has a huge negative impact on the environment. But did you know that the footwear sector alone creates over 700 million tonnes of CO2e every single year! A single pair of running shoes alone comes with a footprint (no pun intended) of up to 13.6 KG […]

What is a Circular Economy?

10/05/2021

Business Tips, Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Social Good, Sustainability

We all know the world has a waste problem, from plastic waste filling the seas to clothing and electronic waste that ends up in landfill. This is because, since the early to mid 20th century, our economic system has been based on a 'linear economy'. A linear economy such as we have now […]

Earth Day 2021

19/04/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Sustainability

Did you know that Earth Day is a celebration held every year on April 22 to show support for environmental conservation? It began in 1970 and has since grown to encompass a diverse variety of activities organised annually by EARTHDAY.ORG, involving over a billion people across 193 countries. At a UNESCO Conference in San […]

Tip #4 - Use a more sustainable loo roll!

16/04/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Did you know that over 30 million acres of forest are destroyed annually for traditional paper production? This has resulted in huge areas of our planet being subjected to deforestation. Cutting down trees also destroys animal habitat and has endangered many species. The very lifecycle of paper is damaging to the planet […]

Tip #3 - Switch Your Coffee Capsules

09/04/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Coffee capsules are very handy and fit in well with our fast-paced society. They're convenient, simple to use, and consistently produce excellent coffee. The environmental effect, on the other hand, is disastrous. In the United Kingdom alone, over 300,000,000 aluminium and plastic coffee capsules are used each year. And despite recycling systems being […]

First UK tidal-powered EV charging point

06/04/2021

Business Tips, Sustainability, Travel

In a UK first, tidal power is now being used to power electric vehicles in Shetland. Nova Innovation has announced the opening of the UK's first tidal-powered electric car charging station. The facility is situated on the island of Yell in Shetland, on the shores of Bluemull Sound, at Cullivoe harbour. Nova's tidal turbines have […]

Purpose – More important in retail than ever before!

30/03/2021

Business Tips, Retail, Social Good, Sustainability

Consumers are, now, more than ever looking to shop with brands that share their ideals and values. How can retailers determine their purpose and convey it to both their employees and customers? Fears for the future of our planet and the treatment of workers are driving a surge in the numbers of socially […]

Asda removes plastic bags for fresh produce

22/03/2021

Business Tips, Retail, Sustainability

The supermarket chain, ASDA has announced that plastic bags will be removed from all of its fresh produce aisles. According to the supermarket, this change should prevent more than 100 million pieces of plastic from being used by the store each year. In September of last year, the supermarket began a trial of removing plastic bags […]

Law Firm creates climate positive workforce