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04/11/2021

Business Tips, Sustainability

Binnacle Insurance, the leading leisure sector insurance provider, have signed up to Play it Green to make their entire workforce climate positive. They also plan to plant a tree for every policy that switches to paperless. Play it Green’s Climate Positive Workforce is a unique 3-step solution to help businesses deliver real social and […]

COP26: Financing and Sports Take the Spotlight

03/11/2021

Other, Sports, Sustainability

It was Finance Day today at COP26, and leaders from around the world, multilateral development banks, and the private sector all met to talk about the steps they need to take to meet the Paris Agreement. Chancellor Rishi Sunak kicked off the morning’s Presidency Programme by reiterating the U.K.’s commitment to raise £100bn each […]

IFAF Joins Play it Green to Drive Sustainability in Sports

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 […]

Today in COP26: World Leaders Summit Continues

02/11/2021

Other, Sustainability

COP26 is in full swing, and Play it Green is here to update you on the biggest news each day. Yesterday evening, the Queen delivered her speech to world leaders in a video address, urging them to do more to tackle climate change. “The time for words has now moved to action,” she […]

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 […]

COP26 Kicks Off with Opening Ceremony

01/11/2021

Other, Sustainability

COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, kicked off in earnest today with the Opening Ceremony and World Leaders Summit. The event, in actuality, officially started yesterday with the ‘Opening of the Conference’ at Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow. This saw the U.K.s COP26 President, Alok Sharma, give a speech calling upon nations […]

Beginners Guide to COP26

29/10/2021

Other, Sustainability

COP26 is only two days away! The event is being held in Glasgow and will run from the 31st of October to Friday the 12th of November. It is expected to be the most important climate conference since the Paris Agreement at COP21 in 2015, signed by 196 countries at the time. […]

Weekly Tip 32 - Go Paper Free

29/10/2021

Other, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

The world is becoming increasingly digitised and, sometimes, it can feel like paper is becoming a thing of the past. However, paper production still causes huge amounts of deforestation even to this day. Not only that, but it also contributes to air pollution and waste problems, and uses vast amounts of water and energy. […]

Sustainable Development Goals: Infrastructure and Economic Growth

26/10/2021

Other, Sustainability

COP26 is almost upon us and our look into the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals continues. This week, we delve into two closely related goals, to promote the sustainable growth of infrastructure and the economy. Goal number 8 focuses specifically on inclusive and sustainable economic growth to create decent jobs, improve living standards, […]

How to Have a Sustainable Halloween

25/10/2021

Individual and Family, Other, Sustainability

Ghosts, witches, vampires; Halloween is all about scary things, but the most frightening thing of all may just be its environmental impact. This is because from costumes, to parties, to trick-or-treating, Halloween creates a lot of waste. This has not always been the case. Traditionally, All Hallows Eve was a Celtic festival celebrated […]

Weekly Tip 31 - Use Sustainable Makeup

22/10/2021

Other, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Makeup and other cosmetic products are used regularly by billions of people around the world. Sadly, this has a terrible impact on our environment. One major contributor to this is plastic waste. According to Zero Waste, more than 120 billion units of packaging are produced every year by the global cosmetics industry. Most […]

News & Articles

Binnacle Joins Play it Green to become Climate Positive

COP26: Financing and Sports Take the Spotlight

IFAF Joins Play it Green to Drive Sustainability in Sports

Today in COP26: World Leaders Summit Continues

Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Action

COP26 Kicks Off with Opening Ceremony

Beginners Guide to COP26

Weekly Tip 32 - Go Paper Free

Sustainable Development Goals: Infrastructure and Economic Growth

How to Have a Sustainable Halloween

Weekly Tip 31 - Use Sustainable Makeup