The Climate of Sport

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 comm...

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...

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, an...

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 expertis...

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...

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 o...

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 o...

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 t...

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 s...

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 sport...

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 BEIN...

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. On...

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 m...

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 #SportPositive Support 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 energ...

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 energ...

Claire chats to Operations and Sustainability Manager at Southampton Football Club, Caroline Carlin, about how they have made huge strides in sustainability in the past couple of years, and how they plan to continue with this progress. #TheClimateofSport #SportPositive Support the show

Claire joins Hattie Park, Sustainability Manager of the All England Lawn Tennis Club/Wimbledon at the grounds on Men's Singles Finals Day, to talk about all things sustainability, from racquet strings to wildflowers to local strawberries. A wonderful chat with an inspirational leader. This podcast series is part of Sport Positive Summit 2022, taking place on 4-5 October 2022 at Wembley Stadiu...

Claire is joined by football historian, writer, academic and broadcaster, Dr David Goldblatt in a fascinating discussion that includes the power of football, sport sponsorship, net zero, athletes, whether sport will keep it's social licence to operate in a climate-challenged world, and more. #sportpositive #theclimateofsport Support the show

Claire talks with Director of Fan Experience and Sustainability at the Philadelphia Eagles, Norman Vossschulte. An upbeat and positive chat about the work the Eagles are doing, being innovative and open-minded when approaching sustainability in sport, getting the right partners around you and staying humble. #sportpositive #climateofsport Support the show

This week Claire chats with Roger McClendon, Executive Director of Green Sports Alliance. A great conversation which touches on climate justice, community and working locally, enabling leadership and holding people accountable in our bid to put sustainability at the heart of sport. Lots of info about the upcoming Green Sports Alliance Summit too, taking place 21-23 June. #climateofsport #sportposi...

This week Claire is joined by 2x Olympian and Founder of Racing To Zero, Seyi Smith. A fascinating conversation from an athlete and engineering and environmental expert that hits many incredible topics including advocacy, hypocrisy, policy, overcoming barriers and Star Trek. Yes you read that right. One not to be missed. #sportpositive #theclimateofsport Support the show

This week Claire chats with Katie Cross, Founder of Pledgeball about engaging sports fans on the environment via a pledging mechanism. A great conversation that touches on fan engagement, the research/data behind the value of making pledges, regulations and licensing, eco-anxiety and the potential to drive radical change. #sportpositive #theclimateofsport Support the show