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03/11/2021

Other, Sports, Sustainability

Play it Green are incredibly excited to announce our new partnership with the International Federation of American Football. IFAF is the global governing body for American Football whose membership includes seventy-one nations and who run a number of international tournaments, including the World Championships. IFAF previously released their Sustainability Vision in 2021 and is committed […]

Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Action

02/11/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Other, Sustainability

COP26 is underway, and world leaders are currently gathering in Glasgow to take urgent action on climate change, which is what today’s Sustainable Development Goals are all about. Goal 13, to combat both climate change and its impacts, affects every country, every continent, and all of the other Sustainable Development Goals. 2019 was […]

U.K. Lays Out Plans for Net-Zero Ahead of COP26

21/10/2021

Business Tips, Other, Sustainability

The U.K. government has released their Net Zero Strategy only a few weeks before they will host the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow. The 360-page ‘landmark’ document sets out exactly how the U.K. plans to reach their net-zero by 2050 commitment. They are the first major economy to commit this into law, and beyond solving […]

Play it Green Plants Over 3000 Trees for Progress21

14/10/2021

Business Tips, Other, Sustainability

PROGRESS21, Manchester's most prominent business conference this year, was turned into a climate positive event by collaborating with Play It Green, who planted a tree for every guest who attended. In total, Play it Green planted 3,154 trees for the event, which is the equivalent of removing 18,444 cars from the road for the […]

Sustainable Development Goal No. 3 – Good Health and Well-Being

05/10/2021

Educational Articles, Other, Sustainability

Play It Green has been marking the run up to COP26 by looking at the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, or 'SDGs', not only to help you understand why they're important but also to help you learn how to become part of the solution. Goal number 3, good health and well-being for all, is likely […]

Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger

27/09/2021

Educational Articles, Sustainability

In the run-up to COP26, Play It Green’s sustainability news is focusing on the United Nations Sustainable Development goals to help people to better understand the goals. We will look at why they are important, what the goals are and how successful we have been as a global collective in achieving these goals! […]

Sustainable Development Goal No. 1 – End Poverty

20/09/2021

Educational Articles, Sustainability

Most people have heard of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs, but did you know that there are seventeen goals? The Sustainable Development Goals, are a set of 17 interconnected global goals intended to serve as a "blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all." The United Nations […]

Shire Leasing to Help Reforest the Planet

14/09/2021

Business Tips, Other, Sustainability

Shire Leasing PLC will plant a tree through Play It Green for every new lease, ensuring the environment becomes a key aspect of its extensive corporate and social responsibility work. Tamworth based financial institution Shire Leasing has teamed up with the award-winning sustainability company Play It Green to plant trees that will bring employment, […]

Cop26 – What is it and does it matter?

13/09/2021

Educational Articles, Sustainability

From October 31st to 12th November in Glasgow, Scotland, the next round of United Nations climate talks known as COP26 take place. Billed as a ‘test of global solidarity between the world’s rich and poor and the most important climate talks since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015’ one of the key aims […]

Green Rankings for Savers

06/09/2021

Educational Articles, Other, Retail, Sustainability

When Which? surveyed their members about their savings, they found that well over a quarter said ‘they care about the values of the companies they invest their savings in’. Following on from this they also found out that over two-thirds of their members had no idea how to find out information about a bank’s […]

The Humble Bee

31/08/2021

Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Other, Sustainability

Did you know that there are approximately 20,000 species of bees on the planet, and they are thought to be the most important insect pollinators? The thousands of bee species all have distinct flight patterns and floral preferences, and many have coevolved with flowers to the point where their body sizes and behaviours almost […]

News & Articles

IFAF Joins Play it Green to Drive Sustainability in Sports

Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Action

U.K. Lays Out Plans for Net-Zero Ahead of COP26

Play it Green Plants Over 3000 Trees for Progress21

Sustainable Development Goal No. 3 – Good Health and Well-Being

Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger

Sustainable Development Goal No. 1 – End Poverty

Shire Leasing to Help Reforest the Planet

Cop26 – What is it and does it matter?

Green Rankings for Savers

The Humble Bee