Our 2022 Partners

Purpose Driven Bluewater – good for you and good for the planet

At Bluewater, we care about what goes into the planet’s landfills, oceans, rivers and lakes because we care about what goes into our bodies when drinking or cooking and washing with water. Founded in 2013 by Swedish environmental entrepreneur Bengt Rittri, we’ve put banishing single-use plastics at the heart of Bluewater’s business vision with ingenious planet-friendly water purification, dispensing, and bottle solutions to generate and serve pure water and other beverages at home, work, and when on the go at busy events, venues, and public locations.

Bluewater water purifiers remove over 99% of all known contaminants from lead to gender-bending chemicals such as PFAS as well as microplastics and are available in all major markets globally. In early 2022, Bluewater merged with US water company FloWater, which shares Bluewater’s purpose-driven mission to eliminate the need for single-use plastic water bottles and their polluting transportation. Both Bluewater and FloWater have been honored with Fast Company “World Changing Ideas” awards, and been featured by numerous leading media, including CNN, Forbes, Inc., The Hollywood Reporter, The Financial Times, and The Daily Telegraph.

For additional information, visit www.bluewatergroup.com and www.drinkflowater.com

One Tree Planted is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees. Their projects span the globe and are done in partnership with local communities and knowledgeable experts to create an impact for nature, people, and wildlife. Reforestation helps to rebuild forests after fires and floods, provide jobs for social impact, and restore biodiversity. Many projects have overlapping objectives, creating a combination of benefits that contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Beyond such projects, One Tree Planted believes that truly engaging people who want to have a personal experience is critical to raising awareness through action. That’s why they also organize volunteer events, create educational materials, and provide ways for businesses and sports organizations to give back to nature. By focusing on collaborative sustainability from the ground up, they hope to make a lasting and positive difference for the planet.

Encore has been creating memorable event experiences that connect and inspire for decades. With a customer-first mindset and a hospitality focus, our network has an unmatched breadth and depth of event production services to support our customers through every step in the event planning and management process.

Encore delivers real results through strategy and creative, advanced technology, environmental, staging, and digital solutions for hybrid, virtual and in-person events. Operating in more than 20 countries across North America, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and Asia Pacific, Encore is the trusted partner of choice for leading hotels and venues worldwide.

At Eight Versa, we deliver a new direction for a balanced future. We harness the power of what’s possible, and deliver pragmatic and visionary sustainability. By building on the solutions that exist today we bridge the gap between now and where we want to be in the future. We are a sustainability consultancy with the expertise to deliver strategy, planning, implementation, and compliance. Our multidisciplinary team of consultants, architects, engineers, and ecologists bring their cross-industry experience and in-depth knowledge to find bespoke solutions for both the corporate and built environment.

Strive is the Climate Action division of Vertis Environmental Finance, the oldest emissions trading firm in Europe. Born in 2021, Strive empowers companies on their decarbonization path by developing long term net-zero strategies, measuring their emissions and guiding companies on the reduction, offsetting and communication.

thinkBeyond is a social impact and sustainability consultancy that supports leaders and organisations to make a positive impact on the world and their business, in and through, sport. We help our clients to create, deliver, measure and share their impact. We believe that, while a compelling purpose is important, in an age of increased expectation from fans, consumers and wider stakeholders, demonstrating action – and impact – is vital. No organisation will thrive without a clear plan to understand, limit and improve their impact on the planet. We support our clients facing this complex and significant challenge in a range of a ways, going beyond your typical agency offering, we’re specialists in creating sustainable impact. From developing strategies, to embedding sustainability in commercial partnerships, developing policies, undertaking audits and building narratives to engage fans, we help clients every step of the way to becoming an organisation that turns sustainability into an opportunity for their business to thrive.

A leader in environmental solutions, Veolia is aiming to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. As the UK leader in resource management, we provide a comprehensive range of waste, water and energy management services designed to build the circular economy and protect the environment.

The WM Sports and Entertainment team offers an experienced network of environmental professionals to help advance leagues, venues, and events along the path toward sustainability. As the largest environmental service provider in North America, WM offers unique industry expertise with stadium and event management. From designing sustainability plans and impact benchmarking methodologies, to implementing emissions reduction strategies and creative stakeholder engagement campaigns, the WM Sports and Entertainment division creates positive impacts that last long after seasons or events end – helping brands work toward a more sustainable tomorrow.

The Laboratory for Sustainability in Sport’s mission is to conduct rigorous research with industry partners to produce and distribute accessible knowledge for implementation within their organization across the sport sector to advance sustainable development. The lab focuses on the impact sport organizations have on sustainable development, effective managerial decision making and strategies, and ways to communicate and engage various stakeholders.

World Athletics is the international governing body for track & field and distance running. Our vision is to use the power and accessibility of athletics and our athletes to create a healthier and fitter world. We work closely with national federations and local organising committees to develop the sport and stage competitions around the globe to excite and engage fans of all ages.

As the world’s first all-electric FIA World Championship and the only sport certified net zero carbon since inception, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship brings dramatic racing to the heart of some of the world’s most iconic cities providing an elite motorsport platform for the world’s leading automotive manufacturers to accelerate electric vehicle innovation. The Formula E network of teams, manufacturers, partners, broadcasters, and host cities are united by a passion for the sport and belief in its potential to accelerate sustainable human progress and create a better future for people and planet.
https://www.fiaformulae.com/

CSM Live is a global sports and entertainment agency, delivering exceptional live events. Spanning the best part of 100 years our company has evolved intothe foremost branding, signage, wayfinding and experiential organisation. As a business we constantly strive to improve; to better serve our customers, our industry and the environment.

The Environment Agency’s plastic and sustainability team are supporting the sports industry at all levels to reduce avoidable plastic waste and greenhouse gas emissions via the kicking plastic out of sport project. This is part of a wider Interreg funded Preventing Plastic Pollution project.