As Director, Social Responsibility & Sustainability for the NBA, Annie Horn leads the league’s environmental sustainability efforts internally and across NBA teams, venues, players, partners and its affiliate leagues. Horn led the NBA becoming the first professional sports league in North America to sign the UN Sport For Climate Action Framework, aspiring to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2040. Horn also spearheaded the NBA’s first baseline carbon footprint analysis and the public disclosure of its carbon emissions in 2023, including Scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions. She launched the league’s internal NBA Green Working Group, growing to represent 29 internal departments with collaboration across all 18 of the NBA’s international offices.
Prior to the NBA, Horn began her career in Cape Town, South Africa – working for a non-profit organization that leveraged soccer as a tool for HIV/AIDS prevention. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Emory University where she played soccer for four years. During college, she founded Think Pink, a campus-wide initiative to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. Horn is passionate about the intersection of sport and social impact, health and wellness, and taking small steps to be more environmentally conscious.
