2008 Championship the First “Carbon Neutral” Event on the PGA Tour

Fans attending the Deutsche Bank Championship this Labor Day weekend can feel good about the event’s environmental sustainability. That’s because the Championship has launched an environmental initiative, including a commitment to make it the first “carbon neutral” event on the PGA Tour.

This year the Championship will implement an extensive recycling program and enlisted many of the Deutsche Bank Championship’s Founders Club partners and vendors to take additional steps to minimize their impact on the environment. The golf course on which the tournament is played is also ecologically advanced.

Because it is not possible to entirely eliminate the environmental impact of the event, Deutsche Bank and the Championship are investing in carbon-offsets to finance programs that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount that is estimated to be equal to those generated by the event. The program, which was validated by environmental consulting expert EcoSecurities, will make the Deutsche Bank Championship the first “carbon neutral” event on the PGA Tour.

“Deutsche Bank has long been committed to environmental sustainability, so it was natural to extend that commitment to the Deutsche Bank Championship,” said Seth Waugh, CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas. “Golf is a sport enjoyed in natural surroundings, and our goal is to continually reduce the environmental impact of our event, and to offset any remaining impact, so that the Championship can be enjoyed by generations of fans to come.”

“We have made significant strides in how the Deutsche Bank Championship approaches the issue of protecting and preserving the environment,” Championship Director Eric Baldwin said. “We understand how important it is to be good stewards of the earth, and the Championship and all of our Partners and vendors encourage our fans to join us in this effort.”

The environmental improvement most noticeable to fans will be the new on-site recycling program. The Deutsche Bank Championship will partner with Waste Management and Anheuser-Busch to recycle aluminum and plastic bottles. Fans will also notice that daily pairings sheets, thousands of which are handed out each day, will be reduced in size by half and printed on recycled paper.