Member Toolkits

• Assessment Tools
• Step-By-Step Guides
• Environmental Commitment Statements
• Environmental Stewardship Brochures
• Sample Training & Education Materials
• Sustainability Infrastructure
• Sustainability Manager Salary Survey Results and Analysis
• Green Dividends: Sustainability Case Studies
• Practice Greenhealth Member Spotlights
• Inspire Your Team
• Member Facility Environmental Stewardship Web Pages
• Sample Posters
• Reports
• Using Greenhealth Logos

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide you with resources and samples for further developing your programs without needing to reinvent the wheel. This toolkit is intended for use by hopitals, health care systems and other stakeholders that are members of Practice Greenhealth. Business members, please see the Business Member Toolkit for additional resources.

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Assessment Tools

• Eco-Checklist

Step-By-Step Guides

• A Guide for Creating Effective Green Teams in Health Care
• Sound Management for Better Patient Outcomes
• Managing Pharmaceutical Waste: A 10-Step Blueprint for Healthcare Facilities in the United States
• Ten-Step Guide to Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP): This printable guide provides practical steps to starting EPP in your facility or organization.
• Ten-Step Guide to Implementing a Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Program
• Ten-Step Guide to Food Composting
• Ten-Step Guide to a Sustainable Grounds Policy
• Ten-Step Guide to Implementing a Regulated Medical Waste Reduction Plan
• Ten-Step Guide to Green Cleaning Implementation
• Ten-Step Guide to Implementing an Integrated Pest Management Program

Environmental Commitment Statements

• Northern Michigan Regional Hospital’s Environmental Responsibility Statement
• Covenant Health Systems Sustainable Design, Construction, and Building Operations Philosophy
• Boulder Community Hospital’s Principles of Environmental and Recycling Efforts
• Mercy General Hospital’s Environmental Policy

Environmental Stewardship Brochures

• CHW’s Environmental Commitment Brochure
• Metro Health Hospital’s Environmental Sustainablity Brochure
• St. Mary’s Hospital Environmental Stewardship Brochure
• Sacred Heart Hospital Environmental Stewardship Brochure

Sample Training & Education Materials

• New York Presbyterian Sustainability Council Organizational Chart
• Cleveland Clinic Organizational Chart
• Sample course syllabus: Environmental Health Care Sustainability
  Georgetown University, School of Nursing and Health Studies
  Department of Health Systems Administration

Sustainability Infrastructure

• Advocate Health Care 2010 Environmental Stewardship Report
• Catholic Healthcare West 2010 Social Responsibility Report
• Cleveland Clinic Heath System 2011 United Nations Global Compact Report
• Inova Health System 2010 Sustainability Report
• Kaiser Permanente 2009 Community Benefit Report
• New York Presbyterian Sustainability Council Organizational Chart
• Cleveland Clinic Organizational Chart
• A Guide for Creating Effective Green Teams in Health Care
• Sample Job Description for Sustainability Director: Provided by the Sustainable Operations Workgroup of the Global Health and Safety Initiative
• Sample Job Description for Sustainability Coordinator: Provided by HCA (Hospital Corporation of America)
• NESEA’s Green Teamwork Project: Researching and Supporting Massachusetts Teams Creating High-Performance Buildings
• Sample Green Team logos can be seen on the right side of this screen above.

Sustainability Manager Salary Survey Results and Analysis

• Sustainability Coordinator Survey Responses
• Sustainability Coordinator Salary Survey Summary

Green Dividends: Sustainability Case Studies

• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: Managing Waste Upstream & Downstream
• Gundersen Lutheran Health System: Retrocommissioning
• St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center: New Cancer Center and Living Green Roof

Practice Greenhealth Member Spotlights

Inspire Your Team

As stewardship programs mature, communication and marketing departments are joining with Green Teams to strategize about how to communicate stewardship activities to staff, patients and the community. Effective communication and engagement strategies can extend the commitment beyond the walls of the organization, into the community and into homes. Engaging people individually can help them become champions of organizational goals. While several hospitals and health systems have started creating formal sustainability reports, others are developing external web pages, where staff and community members can learn more about their stewardship activities.

Whether a business or facility member of Practice Greenhealth, let us know of your page so we can peruse various members communication strategies and engage marketing and design teams in the opportunities to educate, motivate and celebrate their commitment to environmental health.