Leveraging data for action: Sustainability trends, insights & more
March 13, 2025
Leveraging data for action: Sustainability trends, insights & more
2–3 pm ET (11 am–12 pm PT)
The most comprehensive health sector sustainability report for our partners is here. Get the latest trends and findings from our Data Analytics and Insights team and be inspired by powerful stories of Practice Greenhealth partners turning sustainability data into action and results.
Practice Greenhealth partners achieved impressive results in 2023. From a record number of reporting hospitals (nearly 430) to an aggregate annual savings of more than $182 million on environmental programs (up by 40% from 2022), and avoiding 252,000 metric tons of GHG emissions (up by 32%) through climate mitigation projects, our latest benchmark report shows the sector's incredible progress toward sustainability goals. The report is a comprehensive summary of the sustainability data, actions, and advances our partners report to us through the Environmental Excellence Awards. Leave this session equipped to use this data to drive further action in your work.
Katie Pittman
Job Title
Awards Program Manager
Organization
Practice Greenhealth
Katie (she/her) leads our Environmental Excellence Awards program. With a background in ecology and environmental biology, she has 10 years of experience in experiential environmental education and spent five years at RUSH University Medical Center in facilities management and sustainability. She was named one of Crain’s 2023 Notable Leaders in Sustainability. Passionate about the benefits of letting your landscaping go a little wild, she is Treekeeper #1754 through Openlands and posts photos of native plants in her small Illinois yard on her Instagram.
Chelsea Tomek
Job Title
Associate Director of Performance Analytics
Organization
Practice Greenhealth
Chelsea (they/them) is responsible for data and metrics deliverables, maintaining data platforms, and awards benchmarking. With nine years of experience in the health care field, they previously served as sustainability coordinator for UT Southwestern Medical Center and as management engineer for Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas, focusing on process improvement, data analysis, and related areas. They live in Dallas with their partner Victoria and dog Gracie, and love traveling, hiking, listening to audiobooks while walking Gracie, and riding their e-bike all over town.
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Practice Greenhealth is the health care sector’s go-to source for information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help hospitals and health systems meet their health, financial, and community goals.
Who We Are
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.