The Council for Responsible Sport just announced that the 2009 Austin Marathon achieved ReSport Certification, earning 25 of 41 possible cerdits to qualify for the distinction — the first certification issued by CRS this year, and only the third certification awarded to a major U.S. marathon since CRS began its pilot certification in January 2008. Eco-Logistics is proud to have worked with two of the three certified marathons in their pursuit of certification, with the Nike Women’s Marathon being the other certified event we’ve worked with.

“The Austin Marathon works to showcase the best of our city and we know that includes being environmentally responsible,” said Michelle Sandquist, Managing Director and leader of the green initiative.  “After having such great success in reducing our environmental impact in 2008, we aimed to take even bigger eco-friendly steps this year; obtaining a certification from ReSport was a validation that we’re heading in the right direction.  Striving for a sustainable and environmentally friendly marathon and half–marathon comes with constant challenges and we’ll continue to make every effort to raise the green bar for our event.  We look forward to achieving the next level of certification in 2010.”

A PDF of the complete CRS press release can be downloaded here.