Walk into Lincoln Financial Field or the Jefferson Health Training Complex, and it’s hard to miss the Eagles’ emphasis on sustainability.
While April 22 is known globally as Earth Day, the Eagles are committed to helping the environment 365 days a year as part of their Go Green initiative.
As Vice President of Fan Experience and Sustainability Norman Vossschulte puts it, “To me, it’s more of an activity day, where I think the rest of the year is an Earth Day.”
The Eagles are one of the premier organizations in sports when it comes to supporting sustainability. It’s something that is emphasized from Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie down through the rest of the organization.
Vossschulte works daily on the countless initiatives the Eagles have in place, and having the support from Lurie makes Go Green an organization-wide priority.
“I think buy-in from every department,” Vossschulte said about what makes this possible. “Go Green is so much a part of what we do that there really is never a question of, ‘Hey, let’s invite me and or our program to the table when we discuss new partnerships with corporate partners, when we discuss initiatives, when we discuss events, when we discuss FIFA and the World Cup coming.’ I never feel like there’s pushback.
“I think the reason why this all works is complete buy-in from every department internally. Because of the heavy buy-in internally, I think we have great interest externally because our partners at this point know that we are heavily invested in sustainability.”
As part of 2026 Earth Day, the Eagles are doing tree planting and cleanup at FDR Park. It’s a great opportunity to give back externally, but sustainability initiatives for the Eagles aren’t limited to just one day.
“I’m really proud of sustainability being a talking point in all of our organization,” Vossschulte said. “Every one of us can volunteer every day to make a better decision. We can decide, I’m going to bring my reusable cup and I’m not going to use a plastic water bottle. We can decide when I do drink a Gatorade, I’m going to take the bottle cap off and put it in the recyclable container at Jefferson and at the stadium. I think there are ways that everyone can participate every day in making those personal choices, even outside of the organization. Maybe if your grocery store still has plastic bags, maybe you bring your own shopping bags. It’s little decisions like that that can have a big impact if all of us do them.
“I’m really proud that everyone in the organization understands that we have a very strong Go Green program and that it’s important to us. And that it isn’t just a program that one department does.”
In light of Earth Day, here are 10 ways the Eagles emphasize sustainably daily: