Where does your recycling really end up?
Yesterday, we heard concerns from the National Audit Office that a significant amount of items recycled in the UK could in fact end up in landfill abroad.“ Most people are unaware that most of our recycling goes abroad,” said Mary Creagh, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee of MPs. n the UK we do not have the […]
Will you have a plastic-free July?
It’s summer and it’s definitely hot out there – which means lots of us will be sipping ice cold drinks through plastic straws, grabbing plastic bottles of cold water on the go and picking up disposable cutlery or items packaged in plastic for picnics outside. In other words, there are a lot of single use plastic […]
EAUC round up and our Fitbit winner announced!
It’s been an exciting summer so far and our JUMP team have been busy spreading the word about employee engagement in sustainability and wellbeing. Last week we were at the EAUC’s Collaborations for Change Conference, where we exhibited our JUMP behaviour change programme. The conference kicked off with an insightful welcome address, which identified ‘lack […]
World Environment Day: Let’s beat plastic pollution and clean up our oceans.
On the 5th June World Environment Day focused on bringing your people together to beat plastic pollution. Being so cheap and easy to produce plastic is found everywhere in our day to day lives, from the packaging around our food to the tiny microbeads that are found in our clothes and released every time we put on a […]
Jump (Green Rewards) launches new global engagement platform at Insight Seminar
Jumps held an insight seminar on Practical Engagement in Sustainability and Wellbeing at the iconic October Gallery in central London at which the specialist engagement company unveiled its new global platform. The seminar included a panel session on building the business case for engagement, chaired by Amanda Carpenter of The Legal Sustainability Alliance and another panel […]
Three steps to take when feeling stressed.
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme is Stress: are we coping? Feeling stressed, anxious or worried is something we can all relate to. But what do you do when that stress escalates to become more frequent, overwhelming and unbearable? This week, the Mental Health Foundation are drawing attention to the difference between […]
Guest blog by Christopher Wilson – Energy Manager at Servest
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – The Jump way The Jump Insight Seminar, held in London last week, was convened by Graham Simmonds, managing director of Jump, who welcomed everyone with a short excerpt from the 1967 film, The Graduate, which includes the line, “Ben, I want to say one word to you. Just one word: Plastics”. […]
Jump (Green Rewards) insight seminar on practical engagement in sustainability and wellbeing
Key discussion topics: Plastic Waste, Sustainable Development Goals, Technology On May 10th 2018, Green Rewards will host its annual insight seminar at the iconic October Gallery near London’s Russel Square. The event will host a range of speakers, broken into two panel discussions and will end with a launch of Green Rewards’ new global product, followed […]
Don’t dump! Tips on how to have a zero-waste spring clean
Finally, spring has finally sprung! Now the long, cold winter is over it’s time to emerge from your duvets, woolly scarves and hats and instead get out in your garden or start the inevitable spring clean out It’s out with the old and in with the new, which is great for a fresh start, but […]
The plastic tide is turning – But have we bitten off more than we can chew?
This week, Michael Gove announced that the UK will introduce a plastic bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) to increase recycling rates and reduce the amount of litter polluting our land and seas. The scheme will work by using a “reverse vending” process, in which consumers are refunded money for returning their drinks bottles back to retailers. Research […]
Beyond the blackout – How Earth Hour is raising awareness around the world
This weekend millions of us around the world will be switching off all non-essential lights between 8.30pm and 9.30pm (local time) as a symbolic display of solidarity for the planet. Earth Hour is an annual event and campaign, brought about by the World Wildlife Fund to encourage us to think about the impact our actions have on the […]
Make the switch: How to incorporate Fairtrade in your life
Fairtrade Fortnight is running from the 26th February – 11th March this year. Fairtrade products ensure decent working conditions, local sustainability, better prices and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. Buying Fairtrade is easy. There are over 4,500 Fairtrade products from food and drink, to clothes and even gold. So if you’re […]