Sustainability solutions for health care
Practice Greenhealth is the leading membership and networking organization for sustainable health care, delivering environmental solutions to hospitals and health systems across the United States.
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Buildings
Promote green and healthy health care facility design, construction, renovation and operations in order to minimize environmental impacts and foster restorative and sustainable healing environments.
Read moreChemicals
Work with health care to eliminate harmful chemicals or substitute them with safer alternatives while minimizing chemical exposure of patients, health care workers, communities, and the environment.
Read moreClimate and Health
Health systems and health professionals are implementing business-smart initiatives that also protect their communities from increased diseases and more frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change.
Read MoreEnergy
Accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency while promoting clean, renewable energy in health care, mobilizing the sector as a leader for a healthy energy future for all.
Read moreEngaged Leadership
Almost 90 percent of the top-performing institutions in our sustainability benchmark report have an executive-level champion at the top of the reporting structure.
Read moreFood
Promote, purchase, and serve sustainably grown, healthy food to improve environmental health, build better food systems, and address the upstream social and economic determinants of non-communicable diseases.
Read MoreGreening the OR
Though a tiny percentage of a hospital’s total physical footprint, operating rooms can drive big facilities’ cost savings and efficiency improvements through smart, incremental, sustainable practices.
Read MoreSustainable Procurement
Sustainability professionals and purchasing managers should work together to embed sustainability into purchasing processes and engage suppliers to provide innovative, sustainable products with a reduced impact on human health and the environment.
Read MoreTransportation
Promote transportation strategies for patients, their families, and staff that support healthier local and regional transport systems while reducing health care's environmental impact.
Read MoreWaste
Promote zero waste policies, reduce the volume and toxicity of waste produced by the health care sector, and implement safe, sustainable disposal options as alternatives to incineration.
Read MoreWater
Reducing water consumption is a great place for hospitals and health systems to start improving their environmental impact and sustainability practices.
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Get fired up for CleanMed
Join us May 6-8 in Atlanta to experience more than 50 sessions, including interactive workshops that will provide collaboration opportunities unlike any other health care sustainability conference.
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Join CleanMed in person or online
Join us for CleanMed May 6-8 in Atlanta. Can’t attend in person? We're pleased to offer a virtual option with live streaming of select sessions through our online event platform.
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Top 5 chefs redefine menus with plant-based creativity
Meet the chefs who redesigned delicious cultural classics and read their inspirational stories. Only 6 weeks until we announce the winner at CleanMed.
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News & Updates
Announcing the 2024 Health Care Culinary Contest winner
Join us in celebrating the grand prize winner of the 2024 Health Care Culinary Contest: Keck Hospital’s deconstructed Honduran tamale.This year’s winner, Chef Luis Santos from Keck Hospital of USC, brought a unique approach to hospital food that's deeply rooted in his Honduran heritage. His deconstructed Honduran tamale, a plant-forward twist on a family recipe, is filled with quinoa, garbanzo beans, yuca, and olives, replacing the traditional meat with hearty ingredients that offer the same satisfying flavors.Chef Santos was celebrated at CleanMed 2025, where his winning meal was served to attendees. He will also be honored at the Culinary Institute of America’s Menus of Change Leadership Summit in June.Read our interview with Santos on his winA round of applause for our finalists – be sure to try their recipes!Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center's pesto bulgur bliss bowl – Chef Fue XiongN...
Read MoreEnvironmental Health Hero Award recipient Eboni Neal Cochran’s relentless fight for environmental justice in Louisville
Eboni Neal Cochran, longtime Louisville proponent for environmental justice and co-director of Rubbertown Emergency ACTion (REACT), is the recipient of Health Care Without Harm’s highest honor – the 2...
Read MoreIntroducing the Climate-smart Collective
Health professionals for sustainable solutionsJoin one of the most influential and expansive communities of health professionals in the nation committed to reducing the environmental impact of health ...
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