Introduction to data & goal setting

By collecting and analyzing data on a wide range of factors – including energy and resource use, GHG emissions, waste, supply chain performance, and more – hospitals can generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve their resource efficiency. Measurement is one of the keys to management, and data empowers leaders to make decisions based on facts, trends, and statistics.

This session covered goal setting, data governance, and developing baseline data. Facilitators also guided participants through a series of interactive exercises to develop cascading goals in alignment with their organizational missions and how to establish data baselines for securing leadership support. Partners shared strategies and tools, resources, and technology systems they have used to establish performance measures and manage this information.

Key takeaways included:

• New ways of approaching short- and long-term goal-setting in alignment with their organization’s mission.
• Next steps to enhance partners' structure for data governance include baseline and dashboard development.
• Defined key metrics and calculations for baseline data development across Practice Greenhealth’s impact areas.
• Identified opportunities for recognition, such as Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards.

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This on-demand session is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. Viewing it and taking a short quiz qualifies as one of four required sessions to receive the Sustainability Program Fundamentals Certificate of Completion