Successful commitments to sustainable operations are long term commitments. This guide contains a range of suggestions and tools to improve your team’s environmental performance, but the most important thing is to simply get started. By implementing some of the ideas in this guide your team can build momentum and support for additional improvements in the future.

The suggestions outlined in this guide are diverse, and implementation strategies may vary among them. In some cases, suggested improvements will involve minor adjustments. In others – such as encouraging recycling – improvements might involve more substantial adjustments. In all cases, however, there are certain steps that your team can take to facilitate implementation of its environmental priorities. These include:

• Clearly define environmental goals
• Involve staff at all levels in the process
• Educate staff, vendors, fans, and players