Employee Sustainability Initiatives: Five Ways to Engage Your Workforce
In the past, businesses often focused solely on profitability, taking action only when it directly benefited their bottom line. Unfortunately, this short-sighted approach often left sustainability as an afterthought. However, the landscape is changing. To ensure long-term success, businesses must implement effective employee sustainability initiatives. Engaging your workforce in these efforts is not just good […]
COP27: how businesses can take climate action
Once again everyone’s favourite lip service summit is back. World leaders and experts have been gathered in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss the climate crisis for the past thirteen days with, so far, not much success. As it is unlikely any impactful outcomes will result from COP27 and time is running out for climate action, […]
Free fruit trees offered to Eastwood and Kimberley residents
Free apple, pear and plum trees are being offered to residents across Broxtowe borough – including in Eastwood and Kimberley. Read full article.
5 Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Diet
Globally, food production currently accounts for a third of greenhouse gas emissions. Deforestation to make way for animal feed plantations, mono-cropping, and transportation are some of the leading causes. Unfortunately, mainstream farming methods are unsustainable and cause irreversible environmental damage. Here at Jump, we used August to highlight the importance of avoiding high-emissions ingredients. We […]
Jump aboard: meet the newest organisations making positive changes with Jump
Over the past month, we have welcomed some new organisations to the Jump community. They are jumping aboard and setting off on their sustainability engagement journey with either a bespoke Jump programme or The Net Zero Challenge. This includes: The University of Greenwich, who are joining eleven other universities using Jump products to engage staff […]
Humanitarian Day – a hopeful conversation with an Environmental Activist.
“If you want to save the world, save it because you love it.” – Gary Schnieder. Over the last few months, my eco-anxiety has been at full whack. From the 40°C heatwaves in the UK to the record number of wildfires in Europe and the highest recorded rainfall in Australia. The impacts of climate change […]
The benefits of cycling to work
The 4th of August 2022 marks Cycle to Work day. As this year is the 10-year anniversary of Cycle-schemes annual awareness day we thought we would take a look into the benefits of cycling to work. In this blog we will be looking into why cycling some, or all of, our commute can be beneficial, […]
Nottinghamshire councils turn to gamification to increase bus use
A collaboration between local councils in Nottinghamshire will see members of the public encouraged to use buses through a gamified mobile app that offers discounted journeys. Read the article
Jump Insight Seminar 2022: Engaging People in Net Zero
Last week we held our Jump Insight Seminar at the Royal Geographical Society in London for a series of brilliant presentations around the theme of ‘Engaging People in Net Zero’. As this was our first in person event since 2019, it was great to have the Jump community together to exchange ideas and best practise […]
Net Zero NHS: how Trusts across England are engaging staff in sustainability
Happy NHS Sustainability Day 2022! In this blog, we are looking at how 19 NHS Trusts have been using Jump programmes for engaging staff in sustainability. From Newcastle down to Dorset, our partnered trusts have been using people power to reduce carbon and go net zero. What is net zero NHS? The NHS has two […]
NHS join forces in Dorset to encourage sustainable habits in staff
Five NHS organisations across Dorset have joined forces to produce a programme in a combined effort to engage their staff with a range of sustainability activities supporting the Trust Green Plans. Read more.
Dorset NHS Sustainability: A Collaborative Approach to Net Zero
Jump is thrilled to partner with five NHS organisations in Dorset to launch the Ecoearn programme.