Claire is the CEO and Founder of Sport Positive, supporting the global sports industry to increase action and ambition on climate change, sustainability, biodiversity and environmental justice; through direct support, community creation, the annual Sport Positive Summit, Sport Positive Leagues and The Climate of Sport podcast.
Sport Positive Summit is the annual award-winning, leading global meeting place for sports effecting positive environmental impacts, in collaboration with UNFCCC and the International Olympic Committee. Sport Positive Leagues rank and highlight environmental sustainability efforts of top flight sports organisations, to drive industry progress.
In 2017 she was cited as doing ‘more than anyone alive to mobilize convocations for sustainability advocates throughout the sport world’ and in 2022 she appeared on Sport Business Journal’s ‘Influential Executives To Know in Sports Sustainability’ list. Her views and work have been covered by BBC Sport, Sky Sports News, The Mirror, BT Sport, Euronews, The Independent, Reuters, The Times, The New York Times, The Nikkei, The Japan Times, Forbes, The Athletic, Rouleur, Euractiv, Ecolospot and more. She is a frequent keynote speaker and chairperson at industry conferences.
Additionally Claire is an Advisory Board Member for Ecoathletes, Athletes of the World and The Sport Ecology Group; Advisory Committee Member for The Council for Responsible Sport’s Standard for Organisations and IWBI’s WELL Advisory on Sports and Entertainment Venues. She sits on the UEFA Environment Steering Group and is also part of the albert Sports Consortium, for sports broadcasters to tackle their environmental footprint.
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Philip Russell
Following a degree in Sustainable Development from the University of St Andrews, and after 12 years working in the golf sustainability sector, Philip joined Bluewater in 2022 to drive forward the company’s innovative portfolio of sustainable hydrations solutions for events and venues. With first-hand experience of major sporting events, with a particular emphasis on delivering sustainability and legacy strategies, Philip is focused on realising the unique opportunities that are open to the sport sector globally to drive meaningful and proactive change on the sustainable development agenda.
Oliver Johnson
Country Lead for ABB E- Mobility, experienced general manager with primary engineering training and MBA in International business.
Worked throughout industry providing business development for technology solutions in the telecom, power, and radio communications sectors.
8 years in EV charging business development and deployment with ABB.
Martin Townsend
Martin Townsend, Director for BSI Centre of Excellence for Sustainability, has over 30 years’ experience working as an environmental regulator and helping businesses achieve excellence in sustainability.
Martin is passionate about sports not only from a sustainability perspective and the positive impact that they have, but also as a competitor, being a past British and European martial arts champion.
Outside of BSI, Martin sits on several advisory boards for public and private sector organisations to support them in their success.
BSI is a world-leading national standards body, providing a wide range of certification and training solutions to support clients in achieving their sustainability goals, including ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management.
David Rimmer
He began his career working as a project manager on the Tottenham Hotspur Football Stadium construction project, overseeing the installation and commissioning of the electrical distribution equipment, energy management, and automation solutions. David then went on to work on various data centre projects in the UK and in Ireland before returning to Tottenham Hotspur as the Account Manager, responsible for utilising the technology installed in the stadium to improve energy efficiency.
David is now responsible for the Microgrid Business, integrating renewable energy generation and storage with energy management solutions to further drive sustainability across organisations.
He has a Masters Degree in Renewable Energy Engineering from Cranfield University and would love to connect with you to discuss how he can support your organisation with energy management, optimisation, and sustainability.
Henry Chilcott
Henry is responsible for the strategic and creative direction of Formula E’s brand and marketing.
Henry joined Formula E in 2020 from McLaren where he spent 3 years as Group Marketing Director for McLaren F1 and its technology division McLaren Applied.
Prior to entering the world of motorsport, Henry spent 16 years in the advertising industry at Leo Burnett, M&C Saatchi and latterly his own agency Antidote leading partnerships with British Airways, GSK, Diageo and Sky in addition to projects for HM Government.
Rachael Mwangi
My role is a Sustainability Development Assistant for Cambridge United Community Trust. I oversee the goals and sustainable projects that the Trust chooses to embark on. I have worked collaboratively with my team in sustainable projects in the Trust, for example seeing our first Carbon Literacy project training delivered to ensure we are understand the science-based knowledge in sustainability, empowering the Club in sustaining green actions and writing and evaluating a guideline that will assist in achieving green actions that are achievable long-term.
I am passionate about young people and the next generation. I believe we are to set up a good foundation for the next generation to excel. I have seen Youth-Development research that shows the growth of young people when empowered and given the right tools to excel. We can do more when we work together as a community. Sustainability helps us learn how to access change and making it accessible to all and bridge the gap for growth to continue.
Conor Barry
Conor is responsible for the UNFCCC secretariat’s engagement with non-Party stakeholders; this includes the formal admission of observer organization to the UNFCCC process, support to the High-Level Champions for Climate Action, tracking of non-Party climate action and oversight of the ACE and gender workstreams.
Over the past 20 years he has played a leading role in the development of the international climate change regulatory framework, including through the coordination of the drafting of the Paris Agreement and the launch of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action.
Conor has played significant role in the development of the international infrastructure to support market solutions to climate change through developing the initial EU emissions trading directive and a decade of direct support to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism.
Clementine Painter
Clementine Painter is Director Strategic Planning at adidas, with a core focus on Purpose and Sustainability initiatives. With adidas, she is committed to using the power of sport to contribute to a more sustainable and equal world.
Having worked with adidas since 2012, first in the French sales team, then in the Global Sales team in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Clementine joined in 2019 the EMEA Business Development team.
Since then, she has been driving the adidas Breaking Barriers Project, a five-year commitment from adidas to make sport in Europe more gender equitable and helps strengthen partnerships with properties, accounts and athletes to deliver the brand’s mission to change lives through the power of sport.
As a yoga and outdoor fan, Clementine believes that every little step can contribute to a more equal and sustainable world.
Lucy Bellamore
Lucy Bellamore is an experienced Senior Production Manager who has worked in Sports Broadcasting for over fifteen years, most recently working for Sunset+Vine as Head of Host Broadcast Services for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
