Dona Bertarelli

SAILS OF CHANGE

Dona Bertarelli is not just the fastest woman to sail around the world – she combines her record-breaking sailing achievements with a deep commitment to ocean conservation. She is a Patron of Nature of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), founder and executive chair of Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy, and co-chair of the Bertarelli Foundation.

She also co-founded the professional sailing team Sails of Change in 2011, alongside her husband, Yann Guichard. The team’s fleet carries the 30×30 message on its sails to call for 30% of our planet to be protected by 2030.

Building on her belief that sports and nature are intrinsically linked, Dona co-founded the Sports for Nature Framework in a joint initiative of the IUCN, International Olympic Committee (IOC), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy. The framework aims to deliver transformative nature positive actions across sports for the protection and restoration of biodiversity.

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