In this special episode, host Claire Poole is joined by Rafa Muela (Real Betis Foundation), Teresa Santos (FC Porto), and Alessio Novi (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies) to celebrate the wins, learnings, and legacy of the FREE KICKS project.

The FREE KICKS project is a 30-month-long initiative addressing circular economy and environmental sustainability in football organisations.

Together, they explore the awareness-raising and visibility efforts of project partners; the journey through EMAS and other environmental certifications; and the key findings that could strengthen environmental governance in sport.

This episode celebrates the wins, learnings, and legacy of FREE KICKS. All information can be found at www.free-kicks.eu

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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

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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.

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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.
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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
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Julies Bicycle: https://juliesbicycle.com/resources/
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REVERB: https://reverb.org/musicclimaterevolution/resources_festivals/#:~:text=Ensure%201%3A1%3A1%20compost,the%20facility%20managing%20compost%20waste.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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