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WEBINAR SERIES | SPORTS ASK THE EXPERTS | Episode 1<\/p>\n

HOW TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE SPORTS TRAVEL PROGRAMME<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Want to learn how your organisation can build a greener sports travel programme?<\/p>\n

Watch our Head of Sports Operations, Jonathan Hutton, and special guest Josh Rudd, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Responsibility Manager at Aquatics GB, discuss the important questions surrounding sustainability in sports travel in episode 1 of our Ask the Experts webinar.<\/p>\n

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In this first-ever Gray Dawes Sports edition of our Ask the Experts webinar,\u00a0 Jonathan Hutton, Head of Operations, sits down with Josh Rudd from AquaticsGB to answer questions about building a sustainable sports travel programme.<\/p>\n

Together they discuss how to balance moving athletes across the world with carbon-friendly initiatives, how to make greener travel more cost-effective, the importance of choosing achievable goals, and so much more.<\/p>\n

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