Thursday, April 10, 2025
Tips to reduce food waste
A lot of food waste can be avoided by simple habit changes. Here are some small changes that you could make to have a big impact on reducing food waste.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Team Green Year in Review 2024
2024 has been a hive of activity for Team Green, GC's colleague green group, with new members, new roles within the group, and lots of new ideas and initiatives.
Friday, November 8, 2024
Carbon Literacy Pledge - Gaile
Find out what Gaile Yeung, Marketing Manager, has pledged to reduce her carbon footprint.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Carbon Literacy Pledge - Geeta
Find out what Geeta Shikotra, Business Advisor, has pledged to reduce her carbon footprint.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Decarbonisation for Business - Piyush Singh
Piyush Singh, Sustainability and Net Zero Consultant at Green Economy, highlights the importance of decarbonisation for businesses of all sizes and shares practical tips that can be applied at home.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Sew it, don’t throw it! Clothes mending starter guide
Many of us have items of clothing hiding in our wardrobe that are in need of repairs. gThese items take up space and cannot be sold or donated to charity. The easiest option is to throw them away, but have you considered repairing or upcycling them instead?
Monday, July 22, 2024
Plastic Free July - colleague pledges
Around 30 of the 300+ colleagues who have completed Carbon Literacy Training have made pledges around plastic waste, including plastic waste, plastic packaging (e.g. on-the-go food and drink containers), recycling plastic and buying plastic-free or lower-content plastic products.
Monday, July 22, 2024
Plastic Free July - Tips on how to eliminate plastic waste
In the UK we throw away around 290,000 tonnes of plastic bags and wrapping every year. This makes up nearly a quarter of consumer packaging, yet only 6% is recycled.
Monday, July 22, 2024
Have you completed Carbon Literacy Training yet?
We launched Carbon Literacy Training following feedback that many colleagues do not feel confident having conversations about climate change in a work setting. Read this blog if you've been thinking about taking part in Carbon Literacy Training but feel like you need some more information.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Net Zero Week 2024 – One Organisation, 1620 Colleagues
Clare Fallon, Group Sustainability Manager, talks about how her role is helping GC meet it's net zero by 2035 goal.