Practice Greenhealth

Events

Sustainable procurement 101: A learning hub for sustainable sourcing (April)

Date range
April 17, 2025, 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
Join this quarterly interactive gathering to gain the knowledge and skills to incorporate sustainability into your procurement practices. This session focused on creating a sustainable procurement strategy, using key resources to assess and set SMART goals, and how to take steps to gain internal support.

Crafting your hospital's sustainability story: Aligning commitments, narrative & impact

Date range
April 16, 2025, 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
public
Description
This webinar shared how to navigate the complexities of sustainability communications, ways to authentically connect sustainability efforts to your hospital’s broader goals, and avoid the pitfalls of retreating from your commitments in a shifting political landscape.

Practice Greenhealth’s policy pulse

Date range
March 26, 2025, 4 pm ET (1 pm PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
Join our 30-minute monthly partners-exclusive forums to stay informed about the latest climate and environmental policy trends impacting health care sustainability. Our in-house policy experts will share emerging challenges and opportunities, and you will leave with your most pressing questions answered.

Harnessing policy to advance your sustainability efforts

Date range
March 20, 2025, 3 pm ET (12 pm PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
Listen to all the ways policy advocacy plays a role in advancing your sustainability efforts. Hear from BMC and Providence, members of the U.S. Health Care Climate Council, about their experiences and how to engage internal teams, such as communications and government affairs, on sustainability policy opportunities.

Achieving The Joint Commission’s Sustainable Healthcare Certification

Date range
March 19, 2025, 1 pm ET (10 am PT)
public
Description
This session led by the Director of Healthcare Sustainability at The Joint Commission introduced the certificate, the benefits of achieving it, and some of the trends from the first year. Multiple sessions will help you prepare for the certification at CleanMed in Atlanta on May 6-8, 2025, and this session is your chance for a sneak peek of what you can expect.

Environmental Excellence Awards Application: Digesting the food data

Date range
March 5, 2025, 1 pm ET (10 am PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
Listen to our Associate Director of Climate and Food Solutions and Awards Program Manager share the food data requirements of the Environmental Awards Application and explain the rationale behind them.

Procurement with impact: Prioritizing sustainable & diverse vendors

Date range
January 23, 2025, 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
public
Description
This session highlighted success stories and lessons learned from health systems prioritizing spending with diverse, sustainable, and high-impact vendors. Procurement strategies will be highlighted at CleanMed in Atlanta on May 6-8, 2025, and this session is your chance for a sneak peek of what you can expect.

Affiliate premium partner forum featuring Ecolab & ODP Business Solutions

Date range
December 11, 2024, 11 am ET (8 am PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
Affiliate premium partners Ecolab and ODP Business Solutions share their sustainability efforts to spark new conversations and collaborative opportunities.

Enhance your climate resilience plan with new guidance

Date range
November 19, 2024, 1 pm ET (10 am PT)
public
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.

Food purchasing to support environmental sustainability and climate mitigation

Date range
October 29, 2024, 3 pm ET (12 pm PT)
partners-exclusive
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.

Solutions for common GHG inventory obstacles

Date range
October 9, 2024, 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
Northwell Health, SSM Health, and AdventHealth shared strategies to develop strong governance, establish decarbonization goals, and gather and analyze data for a complete GHG inventory. Facilitators rounded out the workshop with some GHG inventory mythbusting. 

Introduction to integrating sustainability into your culture

Date range
September 26, 2024, 1 pm ET (10 am PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
This session identified key stakeholders, communication tools, proven engagement practices, and clinical engagement opportunities. **Counts toward the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series certificate of completion.

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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.