In its Green Sport Awards, BBC Sport celebrates the good news - the athletes, former athletes and organisations working hard to enact and inspire change. Below are the shortlists for the third annual awards. The winners - including the Evergreen Award, which recognises lifetime achievement - will be announced on the BBC Sport website and app on Monday, 7 October.
Jamie Farndale The Bristol and Scotland Sevens rugby union player was nominated for going "above and beyond" in his engagement in sustainability. Farndale, 30, is the sustainability ambassador for the Scotland team and frequently uses his social media platforms for the cause. He continued to grow his influence through the Paris 2024 Olympics - role modelling and leading on sustainability on and off the field.
Among other things, he was an International Olympic Committee Athlete Advocacy Award winner in its sustainability awards, spoke out at London Climate Action Week on the panel on port and climate change and led a session at the Hong Kong Sport and Sustainability Summit. Imogen Grant Grant is a prominent sustainability advocate, and uses her influence to raise awareness and speak about her beliefs. The Olympic rower converted from being a vegetarian to a vegan in 2023, saying it was a way of making a personal difference.
She then became an ambassador for the Rivers Trust and talks about her experiences with poor water health. Grant, 28, was a spokesperson for British Rowing when it announced its environmental sust.
