Practice Greenhealth

Events

February 2026 Policy Pulse

Date range
February 25, 2026, 4 pm ET (1 pm PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
This partners-exclusive session provided key federal and state policy updates and actionable insights to help health systems navigate evolving climate, sustainability, and clean energy developments.

Keeping care running: Practical steps to prepare for storms and other disruptions

Date range
October 23, 2025, 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
public
Description
Hospitals are facing more extreme weather events — but they don't have to face them unprepared. This session brought together health care leaders, including representatives from Mass General Brigham, to share practical steps that helped protect patients, staff, and operations from costly disruptions.

Quickstart tutorial: Completing a GHG inventory with improved emissions calculator

Date range
July 16, 2025, 3 pm ET (12 pm PT)
public
Description
Watch an on-demand walkthrough with our expert, who guides you through a quickstart tutorial on completing a GHG inventory and demonstrates the calculator’s new simplified features.

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.

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. 

Leveraging hospital food purchasing to support local economies

Date range
August 7, 2024, 1 pm ET (10 am PT)
partners-exclusive
Description
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.

Quickstart tutorial: Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator 2.0

Date range
July 31, 2024, 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
partners-exclusive
Description

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.

 

Lessons from federal health system sustainability successes

Date range
May 22, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
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.

How 2 health systems are meeting HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge targets

Date range
May 21, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
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.

Reducing food waste to feed your community & save money

Date range
April 25, 2024, 3 pm ET (12 pm PT)
public
Description
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.

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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.