Food purchasing to support environmental sustainability and climate mitigation

Date range
October 29, 2024
3 pm ET (12 pm PT)
Description
This webinar will introduce you to Practice Greenhealth’s sustainable food purchasing guidance and resources. Stanford Health will share how they have applied our guidance to reduce environmental impact, and their community collaborators will share tips and impacts of their partnership.

Climate Action and Sustainability in Academic Medicine

Date range
October 31, 2024
2 pm ET (11 am PT)
Description
An increasing number of hospitals are appointing clinicians as medical directors of sustainability (MDS). Join our next collaborative meeting with a distinguished panel of MDS from a diverse group of institutions.

Introduction to sustainability governance

Date range
November 4, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
Join this session to learn the basics of sustainability governance including core documents, structures, staffing, stakeholders, and resourcing. **Counts toward the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series certificate of completion.

Sustainability governance forum

Date range
November 7, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
This session will provide Practice Greenhealth partners with a forum to share their experiences developing the elements of effective sustainability governance.

Introduction to data & goal setting

Date range
November 12, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
Measurement is one of the keys to management, and data empowers leaders to make decisions based on facts, trends, and statistics. Join this session to learn about goal setting, data governance, and developing baseline data. **Counts toward the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series certificate of completion.

Food service cohort session: Sustainable food purchasing

Date range
November 12, 2024
4 pm ET (1 pm PT)
Description
During this interactive session, attendees will explore their challenges in buying environmentally sustainable foods and workshop solutions for maximizing impact.

Data & goal setting forum

Date range
November 15, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
This session will provide Practice Greenhealth partners with a forum to share their experiences developing data baselines, creating goals, and establishing successful sustainability strategies.

Introduction to securing leadership support

Date range
November 18, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
Join this session to learn how to prepare a pitch to executive leadership and which channels of appeal and communication skills can help advance sustainability beyond awareness to action with this critical audience. **Counts toward the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series certificate of completion.

Enhance your climate resilience plan with new guidance

Date range
November 19, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
This session will provide an overview of health care climate resilience planning basics and share new concepts and elements for inclusion in existing climate resilience plans.

Securing leadership support forum

Date range
November 21, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
This session will provide Practice Greenhealth partners with a forum to share their experiences obtaining leadership support for sustainability program success. Facilitators will guide participants through an interactive exercise to practice using environmental hooks along with mission alignment and operational benefits channels of appeal.

Sustainable procurement cohort: Implementing policies to change purchasing behavior

Date range
November 21, 2024
2 pm ET (11 am PT)
Description
Participants will explore strategies for integrating procurement policies that influence purchasing behavior, aligning organizational objectives with sustainability goals, and fostering a culture of responsible procurement practices.

Introduction to integrating sustainability into your culture

Date range
November 26, 2024
1 pm ET (10 am PT)
Description
Join this session to learn about stakeholders, communication tools, proven engagement practices, clinical engagement, and how to avoid pitfalls. **Counts toward the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series certificate of completion.

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