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.
See how we can help you:
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
Register now for CleanMed 2025
CleanMed will bring us together May 6-8 in Atlanta to connect, share, and build upon solutions for a more sustainable health care sector. Register soon to have your CleanMed attendance costs included in your organization’s budget before the end of 2024. Take advantage of our early bird rates by Jan 31.
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2025 Environmental Excellence Awards: Applications now open
Participating in the Environmental Excellence Awards program validates your hard work and allows you to share your successes with the Practice Greenhealth network. Listen to a program overview or learn about what's new with the application process, or attend one of the info sessions. The deadline is April 9, 2025.
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News & Updates
New year message from Practice Greenhealth
Ambitions for the new year The turn of the new year often gives us a moment to pause and reflect on how far we’ve come toward the vision of a zero-emissions, climate-resilient, and equitable health sector. Join me in celebrating these bright spots: Executive teams are identifying climate change as a business risk five times more than in 2021. With a remarkable 90% increase in the number of facilities setting climate goals – and the number of facilities making formal climate change commitments doubling over the past four years – leadership is more engaged than ever. We’ve seen meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from anesthetic gases and the elimination of desflurane by more than half of our reporting provider partners. Compared with the previous year, the median MTCO2e (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) per OR procedure decreased by 11.7%, and...
Read MoreGreenhealth Approved seal earns recognition from EPA for medical products
The Greenhealth Approved ecolabel for sustainable medical products is now included in the EPA’s federal purchasing recommendations, supporting eco-friendly health care procurement
Read MoreCleanMed scholarships and recognition opportunities
Get recognized for your commitment to sustainable, climate-smart health care at CleanMed, the premier health care sustainability conference.
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