The Climate of Sport

Today we explore the role of technology in supporting environmental sustainability efforts in sport, and how it has to be in lockstep with behaviour change if we are to see real impact Thank you to the person who anonymously emailed this question. Shoutout to Jamie Farndale for his thoughts, taken from the recent Sustainability Huddle AI discussion led by Matthew Campelli Listen to the full AI discussion on Sustainability Huddle here by creating a free account: https://login.circle.so/sign_up?request_host=www.sustainability-huddle.com&user%5Binvitation_token%5D=2819c6714289aacf02fe130333d8b484b728b3b3-33f66ac5-9e3d-453b-94d2-29ddaafe8726#email Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

Today we take a look at the role of recycling in sport and explore if recycling is truly worthwhile. What sport is doing to tackle all the waste from food and drink, packaging, materials, apparel, merchandise, signage, equipment, and overlay that it creates? Thank you to the individual who submitted this question anonymously. Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

Today we highlight key elements to consider, from inventory, procurement, circularity, engaging your value chain, travel, community, legacy and learning from other industries to address: How do you invest in sustainability in temporary events? Thank you to the person who anonymously emailed this question and shout out to Kate Chapman, Head of Sustainability at London Marathon Group for the expert insight this week. - Here are the resources we mentioned in this episode: World Athletics: Sustainable Event Management: Best Practice Guidance: https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/6230a9797c6f973a01756918.pdf - Julies Bicycle: https://juliesbicycle.com/resources/ - REVERB: https://reverb.org/musicclimaterevolution/resources_festivals/#:~:text=Ensure%201%3A1%3A1%20compost,the%20facility%20managing%20compost%20waste. - Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

Today we explore the scope and significance of investing in women as part of the Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress theme for International Women's Day 2024. From mentorship, supporting working mums, training, networking, leveraging powerful attributes, breaking barriers and grassroots investment - What does it mean to invest in women to accelerate progress through sport and within our community? Massive shoutout to all the amazing women who provided their viewpoints, this episode was not possible without your input. Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

Today we uncover how athletes who want to have a voice on climate can feel empowered, brave, and enabled to do so. Shout out to Simon for his questions and a huge thanks to experts Melissa Wilson, Emma Pocock, Lew Blaustein and Etienne Stott their expert knowledge of this week's question. Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

Today we're talking about what recruitment, training and job roles look like in the sports sector in two different ways. Firstly for leadership; is recruiting environmental experts better than training up current staff? Is a head of sustainability critical? Secondly, what advice to give young people looking to carve out a career in this space? Thanks to Jamie and Robin for their questions, and experts Matt Campelli and Marisa Schlenker for their industry knowledge and perspectives. Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire Poole and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

Today we talk about how sports clubs can get started on their sports sustainability journey. From data collection, taking action, procurement, partnerships, connecting with internal colleagues and external experts and more. Thanks to Lauren from Instagram for the question and Tiberio Daddi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and Magdalena Nour, Malmö FF from the FREE KICKS project for their expertise and insight on this episode. Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

We're talking about grappling with balancing what you think will create the most sustainable outcome or what you want to do, versus what is feasible and probable. Thanks to Laura for the question and expert Sheila Nguyen for weighing in. Send us the questions you want us to cover in future episodes to hello@theclimateofsport.com This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more Follow us on Linkedin, Twitter/X and Instagram Support the Show.

Join Claire as she speaks with legal experts on the legal, regulatory, risk, commercial, financial and legislative impacts for sports not taking the appropriate action when it comes to climate, sustainability and the environment. Tom Barnard and Keith Davidson, both Partners at UK-based law firm, Irwin Mitchell respectively give commerical litigation and environmental advice to sports across all of these areas. An episode to listen to, and share widely with your commercial, legal and risk teams. One not to miss. Some of the legislation and a report mentioned that you might wish to look up: https://www.cdsb.net/what-we-do/policy-work/eu-sustainability-reportinghttps://commission.europa.eu/business-economy-euro/doing-business-eu/corporate-sustainability-due-diligence_enhttps://www.ifrs.org/projects/completed-projects/2023/general-sustainability-related-disclosures/#sportpositive Support the Show.

In this episode Claire speaks with Kim Stone, President of UBS Arena in New York. One for anybody working on sustainability at a stadium, arena or venue especially, Kim talks us through their new framework; Sustainable Brilliance and Community Resilience. We drill in to the three pillars they are working on, how they are benchmarking and innovating and Kim shares her advice for any venue earlier on in the journey. Great insights and passion contained within! Support the Show.

For this episode, Claire is joined by David Garrido, Presenter at Sky Sports - Lead Media Partner of Sport Positive Summit 2023 - to talk through big themes that came out of the Summit. In a bit of a pod takeover, David shares insights and also flip-reverses it to put Claire in the hot seat on her own podcast, covering big topics from how the annual debate came together and reactions to some of the comments around growth of sport and fossil fuel sponsorship, the role of athletes, where we are seeing progress in the industry and much more. Support the Show.

It's an athletics bonanza! Join Claire who speaks in this episode to Bob Ramsak, Head of Sustainability at World Athletics; Steinar Hoen, Meeting Director, Bislett Games, Oslo and Arttu Salonen, Athlete coordinator, Sustainability lead, Paavo Nurmi Games, Turku, Finland. Hear perspectives from an International Federation and two events organisers on huge topics, from coming away from an oil sponsor to being the most sustainable event in Norway (Bislett Games), to governance, athletes and education (World Athletics), behaviour change and waste management (Paavo Nurmi Games) - and so much more. One not to miss. Support the Show.

Join Claire as she speaks to a group of incredible leaders in the environmental and social space of US sports; Chris Dickerson from One Tree Planted, Brianna Treat from Seattle Kraken and Danielle Bedasse from Atlanta Braves. A rich conversation which touches on reducing food waste, social impacts, environmental justice, climate change, tree planting, athlete leadership, setting targets as a sports organisation and the role sport can play to drive positive change in local communities. One not to miss. #ClimateofSport Support the Show.

This week Claire speaks with Jonathan Smith, Executive Director of GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf about challenges we’re facing, barriers to doing more, what we need to see next in sustainability, as well as reaction to golf exemption from water bans, and Sustainable Golf Week news! #climateofsport #sportpositive **PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THIS RECORDING SUSTAINABLE GOLF WEEK IS REFERENCED AS BEING 18TH SEPTEMBER 2022, BUT IT WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE PASSING OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND NOW TAKES PLACE FROM 3RD OCTOBER**Support the Show.

This week Claire talks to Lee Spivak, Senior Manager Advisory Services at WM. A rich conversation where Lee provides insights on working successfully with sustainability consultants, the evolution of commercial relationships and working with sponsors, leveraging proof points and case studies that can provide ideas of what is possible, setting a baseline of environmental impact and so much more. One not to miss. #ClimateofSportSupport the Show.

A first for The Climate of Sport, where Claire is joined by two guests in a special episode where we hear from a sports organisation, England Golf - via their Sustainability Manager Emma Huggins, and the organisation that is helping them on their sustainability journey, Eight Versa, via their Director, Chris Hocknell. Join us to hear how about strategy and reporting, as well as great insights on macro trends and findings. #TheClimateofSport #SportPositive Support the Show.

This week Claire is talking to Julie Duffus from the International Olympic Committee about working on events and with International Federations, athletes on sustainability; bringing insights on trends and opportunities. #sportpositive #theclimateofsport Support the Show.

This week Claire is talking to Stian Køhn Berget from environmental consultancy, Strive, about sport's journey towards net zero, scope 3 and setting boundaries, communications, transparency and the power sport has compared to many other industries. #sportpositive #theclimateofsport Support the Show.

Claire speaks with Omar Mitchell, VP of Sustainable Infrastructure and Growth, National Hockey League (NHL) about the last 12 years of NHL Green, lessons learned, and trends and attitudes that are shaping what is next. #TheClimateofSport #SportPositiveSupport the Show.

The environmental impacts of the upcoming World Cup 2022 in Qatar have been covered extensively already, and will likely continue through to the tournament and beyond.This week Claire speaks to José Retana, Sustainability Senior Manager at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 to get his take on their environmental sustainability efforts as they relate to construction of stadiums, offsetting, water and energy, supply chain, waste and more. Support the Show.