BIG MÉDIA - PORTRAIT OF JULIEN PIERRE

BIG MEDIA - PORTRAIT OF JULIEN PIERRE

Former player for ASM Clermont Auvergne and the French rugby team, Julien Pierre decided to trade in his sporting career to develop Fair Play For Planet, a company that helps sporting entities improve their business model while taking care of the environment and people. In this interview, the ex-professional player takes a look back at his career.

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"I had this need to create and also, unconsciously, to put myself in danger to rediscover the adrenalin of high-level sport." It's with these arguments that Julien Pierre, founder of Fair Play For Planet, justifies his entry into the field of entrepreneurship in 2020. However, the sportsman has decided not to leave his preferred sector completely behind, as he is developing an eco-label designed around a global approach to the fight against climate disruption, aimed at the world of sport.

And while the creation of this label is recent, Julien Pierre's entrepreneurial spirit seems to have been dormant for a long time. "It was born ten years ago with the creation of my foundation Play For Nature. Then, with the end of my career and the desire to move forward and create something, I was able to put everything in place." For Big Media, he talks about his entrepreneurial beginnings and the similarities between this experience and that of a professional sportsman.

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