Events

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

This webinar introduces you to Practice Greenhealth’s local and equitable food purchasing guidance and resources. Hackensack Meridian Health shared how they applied our guidance and the resulting impacts experienced by their community collaborator The CommonMarket.

Join our expert Keith Edgerton for a 75-minute tutorial on the calculator's new features. Bring your questions, and learn how your organization can benefit from these improvements.

 

Hear from federal health system experts as they share lessons from their work to advance decarbonization and resilience efforts through the Federal Health Systems Learning Network.

Learn from sustainability leaders from two health systems as they share strategies and tactics for reducing scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions to achieve HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge targets.

Learn from Practice Greenhealth partners about the creative and comprehensive approaches they have used to reduce wasted food, and how doing so has saved money, reduced their climate impact, and supported hunger relief in their communities.

Hear advice from our in-house expert on calculating a complete greenhouse gas inventory, explicitly focusing on Scope 3 categories 5 (waste generated in operations), 8 (upstream leased assets), 11 (use of sold products), 13 (downstream leased assets), and 15 (investments).

Plant-forward menus reduce greenhouse gas Scope 3 emissions while maintaining customer and patient satisfaction. Practice Greenhealth partners will share how small changes to their menus have resulted in significant reductions in emissions. Also, learn how plant-forward menus are more inclusive, increase choices for eaters, and realize cost and health benefits. We will share additional details about how Practice Greenhealth can support your hospital in meeting food-climate goals.