SAN FRANCISCO - The 2023 Pac-12 Sustainability Conference is set to take place at Stanford University with an opening night reception on Wednesday, June 21st and the day-long conference on Thursday, June 22nd. More information, including single and group registration rates for the two-day event, are available at Pac-12.com/sustainability.

 

One of the key components of Pac-12 Team Green, the Pac-12 Sustainability Conference will feature a high-level symposium focused on elevating approaches and enhancing sustainability efforts within collegiate athletics departments, designing new collective initiatives and sharing best practices for transforming college sports into a platform for environmental progress.

 

Stanford recently launched the Doerr School of Sustainability, the university’s first new school in 70 years, which opened behind a $1.1 billion gift from John and Ann Doerr, the largest gift in Stanford history. The Doerr School of Sustainability helps tackle the urgent climate crisis while advancing sustainability solutions across the globe.

 

The 2023 Pac-12 Sustainability Conference will represent the seventh annual in the event’s history and the fifth in-person. The event was held virtually in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Pac-12 Team Green has worked closely with Stanford to elevate sustainability efforts over the past couple years. Select members of the conference have served as guest lecturers in the university’s “Sustainability in Athletics” course, which explores the intersection of athletics and sustainability to inspire novel and innovative best practices within sports at all levels. The course was planned and organized by team green-focused Pac-12 student-athletes, and advised by Dr. Sara (Suki) Hoagland.

 

Full program details, as well as speaker information for the event are forthcoming.

 

Pac-12 Team Green, a first-of-its-kind in collegiate athletics, promotes all of the greening and sustainability efforts taking place on and around the Pac-12 Conference and all 12 of its member universities. Elements include the annual Pac-12 Sustainability Conference, the Pac-12 Zero Waste Competition and the Pac-12 Sustainability Working Group. To learn more about Pac-12 Team Green, visit Pac-12.com/green.

 

The Pac-12 Conference is dedicated to developing the next generation of leaders by championing excellence in academics, athletics, and the well-being of our student-athletes. Built on a firm foundation of academic excellence and superior athletic performance, the Pac-12 continues to renew its undisputed claim as the “Conference of Champions,” leading the nation with 546 NCAA team titles overall, over 200 more than the next closest conference. The Pac-12 also wholly owns and operates Pac-12 Networks, the Conference's sports media company that produces and distributes 850 live sporting events each season, making it one of the top live-sports producers in the country. Pac-12 Networks also offers extensive digital content via Pac-12.com, the Pac-12 Now app, Pac-12 official athletics websites and Pac-12 Insider. The Pac-12 Conference is comprised of 12 leading U.S. universities, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California Los Angeles, the University of Colorado, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, the University of Utah, the University of Washington and Washington State University. More information on the Pac-12 is available at Pac-12.com.