The Climate of Sport

By Claire Poole

The Climate of Sport is your front-row seat to the biggest shifts in the game, and how leaders can get ahead of them.

We’re in a moment of seismic transformation in global s

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November 13, 2025 FREE KICKS Special
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
This podcast is brought to you by Claire and Sport Positive, go to www.sportpositive.org to find out more
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* Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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March 28, 2024 AMA #8: What role should technology play in sustainability and 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
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March 21, 2024 AMA #7: What is sport doing around recycling?
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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March 14, 2024 AMA #6: How do you invest in sustainability in temporary events?
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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March 08, 2024 AMA #5: IWD 2024 - How can we invest in women to accelerate action?
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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February 29, 2024 AMA #4: Empowering Climate-Conscious Athletes
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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February 22, 2024 AMA #3: Jobs, Recruitment and Training in Sports Sustainability
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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February 15, 2024 AMA #2: Where should clubs start?
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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February 08, 2024 AMA #1: Grappling with the most sustainable avenue for sport vs. what is feasible
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.
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January 09, 2024with guests, Tom Barnard and Keith Davidson
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:
Nielsen Trust in Advertising report reference: https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2022/sports-sponsorships-are-raising-more-than-just-brand-awareness/
2022 Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (mandatory ESG reporting and includes scope 3 emissions): https://www.cdsb.net/what-we-do/policy-work/eu-sustainability-reporting
2022 Proposal for Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (human rights and environmental due diligence on own operations and value chain): https://commission.europa.eu/business-economy-euro/doing-business-eu/corporate-sustainability-due-diligence_en
2023 International Sustainability Standards Board launched IFRS S1 sustainability accounting standard and IFRS S2 climate-related disclosures (includes scope 3 emissions): https://www.ifrs.org/projects/completed-projects/2023/general-sustainability-related-disclosures/
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FAQs about The Climate of Sport:

How many episodes does The Climate of Sport have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.