Take small everyday climate actions together and make big change happen!
On this page, you will find information on the benefits of joining a Climate Competition, and how to go about it.
Below you will find everything you need to set up our climate challenge, with tools and tips on communications, challenge set-up, and FAQs. You will see:
What GAP’s Climate Challenges are;
Why run a Climate Challenge?
Where to find our ‘How To’ videos;
How to plan your Challenge properly;
Discover practical ways for you and your team mates to reduce CO₂ emissions, and make sustainability part of your culture.
GAP’s Climate Challenges are fun, digital competitions that help businesses, community groups and local authorities take real climate action together.
Participants log simple everyday actions – like cycling to work, cutting food waste or reducing plastic – and see their impact grow through real-time carbon tracking and friendly team competition. Proven with over 450 organisations, our Challenges turn small changes into lasting habits that add up to big change.
Why run a Climate Challenge?
Running a climate challenge with GAP Ireland is a great way to make sustainability tangible, fun and impactful for your people.
Our Challenges help spark conversations about climate action, celebrate everyday efforts to cut carbon and build teamwork and motivation around positive change; whether in a business, local authority or community setting.
By turning simple daily actions into measurable results, challenges like our Climate Competition and Climate Heroes empower participants to form lasting climate-friendly habits and see how collective action adds up to meaningful impact.
‘How To’ videos
We have a number of helpful videos online. You will find all of them here.
These are some of the most popular ones:
The Climate Competition for Businesses: an introduction
How to log activities, during the Challenge
How to run the Climate Challenge on your phone
How to log activities, if you’ve missed a day
Planning for success
The resources below aim to help you make the most of your climate challenge. Here you will find tips on when and how to create your teams, recruit participants, and maintain momentum during and after the challenge.
You will find more detailed tips on how to run the perfect challenge in our onboarding guide:
– Funds Industry Climate onboarding guide
1. Invite Team Leaders to help communicate the Challenge
For increased engagement, we recommend that you find committed and persuasive team leaders. They can help spread the word about the Challenge, explain how the Challenge works, and motivate their teams during the Challenge.
We suggest hosting a workshop for these crucial people 1-3 weeks before the Challenge, to build internal motivation and expertise.
👉 GAP guide: Why take part in a Climate Challenge?
👉 How do I engage our team leaders?
👉Presentation template for team leaders
2. Set up the Challenge
Create users in the Admin Panel early, start entering information about your challenge and add the teams.
👉 GAP onboarding guide for the Funds Industry Climate Challenge
👉 Video on how to use the Ducky Admin Panel
👉 GAP guide on data privacy in the Challenge
👉 GAP guide on IT checks before the Challenge
👉 GAP guide on Challenge team structures
For more information about the Challenges, you can explore the menus of activities that feature in our Challenges:
👉 Activity list: At home
👉 Activity list: At work
👉 Activity list: Plastic
👉 Activity list: Food waste
3. Start recruiting participants
Inform participants about the dates of the Challenge, and what the Challenge is, 1-3 weeks in advance. Share the invite link with the participants at least 1 week before the Challenge starts.
👉 GAP guide on internal communications about the Challenge
👉 GAP videos on how to use the Climate Challenge
👉 GAP poster “Join the Challenge”
👉 E-mail template to invite the participants
👉 Poster for internal communication
4. Time to start!
Kick off your Climate Challenge with an energetic launch event that clearly explains the goals, celebrates teamwork, and inspires everyone to commit to simple climate actions, from day one.
Share practical information and link to join the Challenge.
5. Keep the momentum going
Celebrate progress and keep your participants motivated by sharing fun stats, special shout-outs, and team achievements throughout the Challenge.
Use the admin dashboard to highlight top performers, track collective CO₂e savings, and inspire everyone to keep taking climate-positive actions. Also consider hosting special events in the office, to highlight some of the themes addressed in the Challenge (Food, Energy, Transport and Consumption)
Small recognitions along the way make a big difference in engagement and enthusiasm!
👉 GAP guide on how to engage your teams
👉 Climate Competition Top Tips on Food, Energy and Shopping
6. And after the Challenge…
When the challenge ends, shout about your wins! Announce the top teams, highlight participants’ efforts, and share results on social media or at a closing event (online or in-person). Give participants certificates or badges to acknowledge their contribution, and make the impact visible for everyone.
7. Invite feedback
Give employees the opportunity to provide feedback. This is an opportunity to find committed employees who can be resource persons in sustainability work going forward.
For more information, or to sign up to a Climate Challenge, contact us:
Email @ [email protected]
or complete the form below to arrange a consultation call