Sustainability Spotlight: January 2025
Award winners, new sustainability ‘job descriptions’ for clubs and competitions, floating pennywort webinar invitation and more!
British Rowing Environmental Sustainability Award 2024
Congratulations to the inaugural winners of this award, Stratford upon Avon BC, who will receive a year’s supply of cleaning products from Delphis Eco*!
The judging panel were also very impressed by the range of sustainability activites already undertaken and in progress at Fulham Reach BC, Reading University BC and Walton RC, who were all Commended.
Read Stratford upon Avon's citation
*Don’t forget that all members of the rowing community can get 10% off at any time in the Delphis Eco store by using the code CLEANRIVERS at the checkout.
Sports Journalism Association Awards 2024 – Winner
The Clean Water Sports Alliance, of which British Rowing is a founding member, are winners of The Sports Journalists’ Association Sport for Change Award! This award recognises charities and grassroots organisations that use sport and physical activity to create positive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes.
New ‘Job Descriptions’ and Guides for Club Sustainability Officer and for Competition Sustainability Advisor
New resources have been created for clubs that want to add the role of Sustainability Officer to on their committee, and for competition organising committees that want to appoint a sustainability advisor. The guides are simply that – a few ideas that we hope will be useful to get conversations and action going. You’ll no doubt have lots of ideas of your own that we’d be delighted to hear about – just email us on [email protected] to share your suggestions.
Webinar invitation: Managing Floating Pennywort
Come along to our webinar (registration required), on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 from 7-8pm to learn some tips and tricks for managing this highly invasive plant that is impeding watersports in locations across the country.
