2019 Green Sports Alliance Summit - Highlights and Interviews
The annual Green Sports Alliance Summit is the largest and most influential gathering for the sports community to unite around sustainability. The event brings together hundreds of industry stakeholders to learn and share better practices and the latest innovations in greening operations, advancing the supply chain and engaging fans.
This episode brings you recordings from panel and keynote presentations from the event as well as interviews with:
Norman Vosschulte - Director of Guest Experience, Philadelphia Eagles
Melanie LeGrande - Vice President, Social Responsibility, Major League Baseball
Mike Zimmer - President, Miami Super Bowl Host Committee
Madeleine Orr - Founder, Sport Ecology Group
Sustainable Sports Venues in 2023
Talking about sustainability and sports would be incomplete without mentioning the detailed RotoWire article "World's Most Sustainable Sports Venues". This article dives into the incredible achievements made in sustainable sports venue design, providing some of the most creative stadiums and arenas leading the charge towards a greener future.
The essay provides an enthralling look into the cutting-edge tactics and technologies used by these cutting-edge facilities while emphasizing the relevance of sustainability in sport. For example, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, with its amazing 680,000-gallon rainwater collecting system, exhibits a genuinely inspiring commitment to water savings and environmental responsibility.
The article is a good-read for anybody interested in sports sustainability and the remarkable gains being made in green sports venue design.