OFFICIAL SUSTAINABILITY SPONSOR
As the Official Sustainability Sponsor of the Hall of Fame Open, 11th Hour Racing is supporting the tournament in implementing a variety of strategies to enhance the tournament’s environmental sustainability and to educate and encourage tournament fans to make personal behavioral changes to protect and restore ocean health.
SINCE 2021 THE HALL OF FAME OPEN, THE ITHF HAS ...
Diverted 61,300 pounds of waste from landfill through recycling and composting, the equivalent of 6 elephants or 1 humpback whale
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Avoided the use of 35,360 single use plastic water bottles through the use of hydration stations – the length of a roundtrip on the Newport Bridge if lined up end to end.
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Donated 700 lbs of food, equivalent of 580 meals
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Offsets 347 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from player travel, on site fuel use and electricity. This is equivalent of the carbon sequestered from 5,700 trees grown for 10 years OR emissions from 880,000 miles driven by a gasoline powered car
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40% of food comes from local farms
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Bring an empty, reusable water bottle and refill it using our hydration station |
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Dispose of trash, recycling, and compost in the proper receptacles |
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Reduce paper waste by viewing tournament news, order of play, and more on the TennisOne app |
Both the Hall of Fame Open and 11th Hour Racing are based in the beautiful coastal town of Newport, Rhode Island. As such, a key focus of the partnership will be proactive efforts to communicate with tournament fans, players, and volunteers about what sustainable personal behaviors individuals can implement at the event and at home to make a long-term positive impact on ocean health.
