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Brynn Szukala

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Brynn is a Manager with WM Advisory Services. They lead the Special Projects team, focusing on comprehensive sustainability reporting, zero waste initiatives and strategic planning for sports leagues, global events, and industry.

They head up the community impact work on the Advisory Services team and works to expand the traditional ideas of sustainability in the field of sports and events. With over a decade of experience in intensive sustainability research throughout Asia, Europe, and North America, Brynn specializes in holistic, data-centered approaches to environmental management and sustainable program development.

They work on formulating sustainable solutions through systems thinking and pragmatic approaches, including zero waste operations, supply chain impact analysis, science-based targets, sustainable event management, stakeholder engagement and global reporting initiatives.

Brynn graduated with a BA in Sustainability, BA in Anthropology, Minor in Italian, and Certificate in International Business from Arizona State University and received their MSc in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science from Lund University, Sweden, where they co-founded an organization which emphasized the nexus of intersectional approaches to sustainability education. They are a LEED Green Associate and TRUE Advisor.

Sports 4 Nature

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Sports for Nature is a joint initiative of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, International Olympic Committee, United Nations Environment Programme, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy.

It aims to deliver transformative action for nature across sports, by 2030 and beyond, enabling sports to champion nature and contribute to its protection and restoration. It provides a game plan for sports — ranging from National Olympic Committees and international federations to leagues and clubs — to accelerate and inspire others to take action for nature.

Sport England

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Sport England is the arms-length body of government responsible for growing and developing grassroots sport and getting more people active across England. We’re here to invest in sport and physical activity to make it a normal part of life for everyone in England, regardless of who you are. Because it’s not always a level playing field.

We have launched our sustainability strategy, ‘Every Move’ which sets out how we will improve our environmental performance and support the sector to do the same, enabling greater opportunity for all people to participate in sport and physical activity, now and in the future.

Formula E

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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 the planet.

Matt Warren

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Matt is the joint managing director at Travel Places – leading travel management specialists to the sports, media and entertainment industries. Matt has over 20 years’ experience working with some of the world’s leading athletes, teams and brands, managing travel plans for organisations such as The Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board and Sail GP.

With a long heritage managing group travel for professional sports teams, Travel Places remains family-owned and run to this day. Placing people and planet and its heart, Matt heads up Travel Places’ sustainability management team aimed at increasing our positive impact on the world, and supporting its community of staff, local suppliers, and charities. He has successfully steered the business through the certifications for ISO 20121:2012 standard for Sustainable Event Management, which the business has held since 2022, and B Corp, which Travel Places received in 2023.

Dr. Yu (Kevin) Huang

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Kevin is a professor at the Department of Kinesiology of National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, R. O. C. He specialises in sports marketing, event management, and sports policy. He has been intensively involved in international multi-sport events, including the Kaohsiung World Games 2009, Taipei Deaflympics 2009, and the Taipei Universiade, and now is helping the World Master Games 2025. He and his team are also deeply passionate about environmental sustainability and committed to
taking concrete actions to mitigate climate change.

Green Gazelles Rugby

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The Big Green Clash
8 September 2024 || Richmond Athletic Ground, London UK

Help “Kick Climate Change Into Touch” at this action-packed event where Green Gazelles Rugby Club will challenge Richmond Rugby, raising funds and awareness for earth-caring causes. There will also be a Sports Climate Summit, Eco Village, Health & Wellness Zone and more suitable for everyone. Use code Green100 for free tickets via the ticket site

Emily Iveson-Pritchard

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Emily Iveson-Pritchard has worked in the events industry for 14 years with a background in commercial sales. They began engaging with their passion for sustainability during their MBA at Central Saint Martins & Birkbeck with her focus moving to the sustainability of virtual events as part of her thesis. Emily now works as the Head of Sustainability for Surrey County Cricket Club. In this role they lead Surrey County Cricket Club’s work in sustainability including the design, further development, and implementation of their sustainability strategy with a focus on hosting and staging sustainable events.

Alexandra Rickham PLY

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Having joined World Sailing last year as Head of Sustainability, double Paralympic medallist Alexandra Rickham has been working in sustainability in the sport sector as a consultant since retiring from full time competition in 2017. She combines her academic knowledge and insight with her practical experience in competitive sport and environmental operations to focus both on changing the sports industry and its practices, and on utilising sport’s platform to inspire change. Alexandra is very passionate about diversity and inclusion and ensuring the athlete’s voice is heard on sustainability and regularly participates on panels, podcasts and other speaking opportunities on these subjects.

Dr. Sheila Nguyen

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Dr Sheila Nguyen is a leading regenerative built environment design professional who has consulted with several sport organisations and professional clubs, globally, on strategic and operational environmental sustainability issues with the most recent work with the Australian Olympic Committee’s Climate Action Plan.

Sheila was given the Honorary Lifetime Member award from the British Association for Sustainable Sport (BASIS) and recognised as an Australian Financial Review Top 100 Women of Influence (2019) for her leadership in galvanising the sport industry to protect and respect the natural environment.

She has contributed to over 50 internationally peer-reviewed research outputs and media outlets, has been an invited speaker for TEDx and as a presenter at a number of natural environment and sport industry forums, most notably, at COP21 in Paris (2015), the first-time sport has been invited to the climate agreement discussions. Sheila was the invited Chairperson & MC for the Sustainable Innovations in Sport Forum in Amsterdam (2018) (Ajax Stadium) among other changemaking forums over the years.

Sheila is on a number of boards and advisory committees including as an Independent Director on the World Lacrosse Sustainability Committee.

Sheila is the Co-Founder and an NED of the Sports Environment Alliance, the coalition of sport & planet leaders in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand working to protect the places where we play so we can continue to do what we love- watch an