The AC34 Sustainability Plan represents an effort of the sailors to deliver a sustainable 34th America’s Cup. This plan, shaped by comments from the AC partners, city departments and commissioners, San Franciscans and local businesses, provides the AC with the perfect opportunity to become a model sporting event and leave a positive legacy in the community as well as on the sport of sailing.

The 34th America´s Cup held in San Francisco in 2013 - Photo Credit: Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA

For example, the 34th America’s Cup will be the first major sporting event in San Francisco to prohibit the sale or distribution of single-use plastic bags and plastic water bottles at our event sites along the waterfront and throughout the City.

Efforts to minimize discarded materials and maximize recycling and composting at the event support the already very high levels of landfill diversion in San Francisco – 77% of the materials discarded in the City (over 1,367,000 tons) are diverted away each year. San Francisco leads the way on sustainability measures, recognized as the “greenest” city in North America in the Green City Index.

“We share a commitment to sustainability with the City of San Francisco, and are focused on delivering the 34th America’s Cup as a model sustainable event,” said Jill Savery, Head of Sustainability, America’s Cup Event Authority. “We’re very proud to have introduced a Sustainability Plan that will help set the model for future events in San Francisco, and we hope will influence sporting events around the globe.”