Invest in sustainability through green revolving funds
December 16, 2025
Invest in sustainability through green revolving funds
1–2 pm ET (10–11 am PT)
Want a constant stream of funding for your hospital's green projects? Or an innovative strategy to make your energy savings fund itself?
A green revolving fund (GRF) is a self-sustaining pool of capital that finances energy-saving projects, with the resulting cost savings continuously reinvested to fund future sustainability efforts.
Whether you are just starting to learn or ready to launch a GRF, listen to this recorded webinar to gain new insights and best practices. Expert Mark Orlowski of the Sustainable Endowment Institute outlined 10 steps to setting up a GRF, including identifying funding sources and securing stakeholder buy-in. Plus, hear directly from Allina Health about their recent experience launching a new GRF.
Mark Orlowski
Job Title
Founder and Executive Director
Organization
Sustainable Endowments Institute
Mark has worked in the sustainability field for over two decades and over the years has led a range of programs, including SEI's College Sustainability Report Card, Billion Dollar Green Challenge, and GRITS web platform.
Mark has had the pleasure of working with hundreds of institutions to help them with the development of internal green revolving funds and other sustainability initiatives. Over the years, he's been invited to speak at more than 125 universities, conferences and other events across the US, as well as in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. He's a graduate of Berkshire Community College, Williams Colleg,e and Harvard University. He's also an Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) Senior Fellow and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow in New Zealand.
Suzanne Savanick Hansen
Job Title
Environmental Sustainability Manager
Organization
Allina Health
Suzanne Savanick Hansen, Ph.D., has more than 20 years of experience leading sustainability programs. She launched a new systemwide sustainability program at Allina Health in 2020, where she spearheaded a climate action plan and is currently implementing system-wide initiatives to reduce waste, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions. She pioneered sustainability programs in the region when she coordinated the University of MN’s Sustainable Campus Initiative in 2000 and started the sustainability program at Macalester College in 2008. She earned a Ph.D. in conservation biology and an undergraduate degree in geology.
Gwyneth Jones
Job Title
Associate Director, Sustainability Solutions
Organization
Practice Greenhealth
Gwyneth is a seasoned management professional with over 20 years of experience in public health, hospital administration, and higher education. She recently joined Practice Greenhealth after nine years as a director of professional operations at Boston Medical Center. She also worked in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health, and for the procurement departments of Yale University and Harvard University. She has extensive experience with change management, communications, metrics development and reporting, collaborating with strategic sourcing teams, and implementing new policies and procedures across complex organizational structures.
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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.