Developing a complete Scope 3 inventory & action plan
August 3, 2023
Developing a complete Scope 3 inventory & action plan
1–2 pm ET (10–11 am PT)
Sustainability staff at Carilion Clinic walk you through their journey to develop the health system’s first Scope 3 emissions inventory.
• Learn about all 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions and how to develop your organization’s Scope 3 emissions inventory by using the new Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator for facilities and health systems.
• Understand which Scope 3 categories are easier to reduce than others and the challenges to reducing Scope 3 emissions.
• Develop strategies and an action plan to reduce your organization’s Scope 3 emissions.
Gain a basic understanding of each of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s 15 categories of Scope 3 GHG emissions. Learn how to develop a complete Scope 3 GHG emissions inventory and the various interventions an organization can take to reduce Scope 3 emissions. Know the next step you can take to toward a viable intervention to reduce Scope 3 emissions and how to develop a strategic action plan to achieve net-zero emissions.
Sara Wohlford
Director of Sustainability
Carilion Clinic
As director of sustainability at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, Wohlford (she/her) facilitates and coordinates programs that reduce inefficiencies and waste and promote environmental sustainability. After receiving a Master’s in public health from Virginia Tech, Wohlford conceptualized and proposed her current position, created a work structure for sustainability for Carilion’s seven hospitals, and developed the Carilion Clinic Environmental Stewardship Council. Her programs increase recycling, decrease energy utilization and natural resource consumption, and divert tens of thousands of pounds of waste from Virginia landfills annually, while demonstrating to staff, patients, and visitors the inextricable links between community health, environmental health, and sustainability. Her program received the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award Gold Medal for improving health and the environment in Virginia.
Keith Edgerton
U.S. Associate Director of Climate and Health
Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth
Keith works to support U.S. health systems in their efforts to decarbonize and to build climate resilience, including GHG emission inventories, action plans to reduce emissions or achieve net-zero emissions. He has over 30 years of sustainability experience in medical and residential architecture and construction. He previously spent 11 years as the sustainability and construction coordinator for Providence Health System in southwest Washington and finished his time with Providence as a facility engineering manager for two different hospital campuses.
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