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Podcast: Sustainability Huddle
Episode: Jürgen Griesbeck on the Common Goal movement and engaging high-profile athletes
Description: In September 2019, Common Goal’s website crashed. It crashed because, during his acceptance speech for Best Male Coach of the Year at the 2019 FIFA Awards, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp used his platform to encourage everybody to check out the growing football for development movement. And, as the Common Goal IT team quickly discovered, the affable German is a pretty persuasive guy.More significantly, Klopp – who led his team to victory in the UEFA Champions League last season – announced his commitment to the Common Goal cause, pledging to donate 1% of his salary to sustainable development projects...