On the 7th October 2025, Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), David Stubbs, was announced as the winner of the Leadership Award at the Sport Positive Summit.
David has previously won the Society for the Environment’s Chartered Environmentalist of the Year Award in 2013, largely based on his work to spearhead sustainability at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Extracted from the Sport Positive website – Sport Positive Awards is a global industry awards that celebrates, uplifts and raises awareness of organisations and individuals who are leading the charge on using the power of sport to tackle some of the biggest issues of our time – the climate and biodiversity crises and environmental/climate justice.
Reacting to the Leadership Award, David Stubbs said:
“I was honoured to receive this award as recognition for the sustainability work I have pioneered in the sport sector over some three decades. From slow and small beginnings, it is so gratifying to see how sustainability has become mainstream and integral to the planning and management of sport facilities and events. Much of this was turbo charged through the work my team did at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is still widely regarded as a benchmark for sustainability in sport.”
From all at the Society for the Environment, congratulations!
David is a CEnv via his membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM).
To find out more about David’s career to date, why not check out his CEnv profile?
The Sport Positive Awards ceremony took place in London alongside Sport Positive Summit 2025, a leading global event that brings together over 500 sport industry leaders in collaboration with the UNFCCC and the International Olympic Committee.
The other 2025 Sport Positive Awards Winners:
- Biodiversity Project: Ulster GAA Sporting Nature Project
- Campaign of the Year: Sin Azul No Hay Verde: Real Betis Balompié
- Report of the Year: Munster Rugby: To The Brave & Faithful
- Community Initiative: Cricket for Climate: Catalysing Climate Action Through Sport
- Education and Training: Kicking For Nature by Jadir Taekwondo Association
- Inspired Innovation: FIS CO2 Calculator
- Next Generation Trailblazer: Logan Waddle
- Purpose-Led Partnership: kitround and Visa: Declutter and Do Good
- Purpose-Led Partnership With a Non-Profit: Protect Where We Play Tour
- Research of the Year: Integrity and Sustainability in Sport: Business, Environmental and Social Goals
- Transformation: Liverpool FC: The Red Way
Find out more on the Sport Positive Summit website:
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