Green Sports Alliance Partners with Graphics Business

St. Paul, Minnesota-based printing and design company The Vomela Companies has been announced as the founding visual communications partner of the Green Sports Alliance (GSA), an environmentally-focused trade organization that promotes healthy, sustainable communities.

According to the companies, the partnership solidifies GSA’s commitment to being a catalyst to improve corporate sustainability practices for teams, leagues, venues, its partners, and sponsors, and is part of the organization’s Play to Zero initiative.

Play to Zero is an initiative with the goal of moving the sports industry to net-zero energy, net-zero water, and zero waste by improving environmental performance, supporting community efforts, and engaging fans to act. Supporting launch partners include MLB and its 30 clubs, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer, the Pacific-12 Conference, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park, and Lumen Field (home to the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders).

“We are committed to being a green company through energy savings, waste reductions, emissions reduction, and reduced resource consumption,” says Vomela’s president and CEO Mark Auth. “This commitment turns into action through a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and water usage, leveraging a recycling solvent, and sending less trash to landfills through recycling more paper, plastic, and cardboard. We’re excited to be part of the Play to Zero initiative and further the green efforts in sports.”

“There is offense and defense when it comes to environmental initiatives, and Vomela is playing both,” said Roger McClendon, executive director of GSA. “The company and the products it creates for its customers are recyclable and green. This is exactly the type of company we want partnering with the GSA.”

The Vomela Companies has Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) certification based on guidelines published by the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership. The certification was created specifically for the printing industry and encourages innovation by stakeholders to develop a more sustainable and accountable supply chain.