England’s most capped right back and former captain of Manchester United made a special guest appearance at Mitsubishi Electric’s sixth annual Partner Conference in June 2011, organised by Garnett Keeler. He used the opportunity to talk about his new ‘Sustainability in Sport’ campaign, which seeks to increase awareness of the need for energy efficiency and sustainability in the community.

Gary Neville spoke to the hundreds of guests about his new venture which aims to develop commercial models that raise money for grassroots investment in sport and community initiatives using sustainable technologies.

Mitsubishi Electric has been partnering Sustainability in Sport by providing Photovoltaic panels that will initially be used to help reduce power consumption and generate income for community sports groups in and around Manchester area.