NRDC pioneered the sports greening movement in 2004 and is a principal environmental advisor to all major North American professional sports leagues, including Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, the National Football League, and the US Tennis Association. The NRDC Sports Project partners collaboratively with these leagues, scores of professional and collegiate sports teams, venues, sponsors and organizations like the Green Sports Alliance (which NRDC co-founded) and the Stadium Managers Association. NRDC works with these organizations to help green facility operations, procurement and the sports industry's global supply chain, while educating millions of sports fans about environmental stewardship.
NRDC's work has helped the U.S. sports industry -- leagues, teams and sponsors -- shift to ecologically preferable operations, while also saving these organizations millions of dollars. NRDC helps leverage the unique cultural and market influence of sports to reach diverse stakeholders and audiences about the importance of environmental stewardship. Thanks to NRDC's free technical resources and outreach, the sports industry is helping to address the serious ecological issues we face and build more sustainable communities.
Our Team
Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at NRDC and Director of the NRDC Sports Project, specializing in issues related to sustainable development, supply chain management, industrial ecology, the paper industry, solid waste management and recycling. He coordinates some of the world's most prominent institutional greening initiatives with diverse institutions throughout the world of sports and entertainment.
Alice Henly is a Resource Specialist at NRDC and Coordinator of the Collegiate Sports Project. Alice helps manage NRDC's sustainability initiatives with professional and collegiate sports organizations, as well as leading entertainment groups. Alice is also the principal environmental advisor to the Ivy League and is an advisor to the Green Sports Alliance and the Broadway Green Alliance.
Darby Hoover is a Senior Resource Specialist at NRDC. She specializes in issues related to the paper industry, solid waste management, and recycling, and helps manage NRDC's sustainability initiatives with sports and entertainment organizations, Darby is also a co-coordinator of NRDC's marine plastics initiative.
