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Stay informed about the latest climate and environmental policy trends impacting health care and hospital sustainability. Engage in real-time conversations with our in-house policy experts to understand emerging challenges and opportunities. Join these monthly, 30-minute deep-dive discussions on federal, state, and local policy developments shaping sustainability in health care, such as federal clean energy incentives, climate resilience, disaster preparedness, and Medicaid’s evolving role in climate policy. Topics will depend on the specific moment and the most topical issues. Ask questions… Read More
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Stay informed about the latest climate and environmental policy trends impacting health care and hospital sustainability. Engage in real-time conversations with our in-house policy experts to understand emerging challenges and opportunities. Join these monthly, 30-minute deep-dive discussions on federal, state, and local policy developments shaping sustainability in health care, such as federal clean energy incentives, climate resilience, disaster preparedness, and Medicaid’s evolving role in climate policy. Topics will depend on the specific moment and the most topical issues. Ask questions… Read More
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Listen to all the ways policy advocacy plays a role in advancing your sustainability efforts. Learn to navigate government levels to drive broader change and highlight your unique accomplishments. Hear firsthand from U.S. Health Care Climate Council members Providence and Boston Medical Center about their experience in climate and sustainability-oriented policy advocacy and discover how to engage internal teams like communications and government affairs on sustainability policy opportunities. This session will give you actionable insights into how to engage in policy work, no matter where you… Read More
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Hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities to purchase food from local and diverse farmers and food businesses to align their food service operations with their mission to serve and support the health of their communities. 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.
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The food page of the Environmental Excellence Awards application not only helps tell your story, but quantifies the results of your work to promote a sustainable, equitable, climate-friendly food system. The questions align with global and national goals, and reflect Practice Greenhealth's partnerships with leading organizations, such as the World Resource Institute, the Healthcare Anchor Network, and ReFED.
John Stoddard, Associate Director of Climate and Food Solutions, and Katie Pittman, Awards Program Manager, walked through the food data collected in the application and explained what… Read More
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Hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities to purchase environmentally sustainable and high animal welfare foods to align their food service operations with their mission to serve and support the health of their communities and the environment. 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, TomKat Ranch, Richards Regenerative, and Shared Plate Strategies, will share tips and impacts of their… Read More
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Food should feed people, not landfills. Food waste not only contributes to climate change, but is a missed opportunity for addressing food insecurity in our communities.
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.
This event occurred as part of the Destination CleanMed 2024 series. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit … Read More
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This quarterly series will explore actionable insights and case studies on integrating sustainability into procurement strategies. Attendees will dive into topics such as developing a strategy and action plan, including policy, engaging suppliers, tracking, monitoring, and reporting the impact of your sustainable procurement program.
This will be a platform for networking with sustainability or supply chain professionals early in their journey and learning to take practical steps toward a more sustainable supply chain. The goal is to inspire and equip participants with the tools and… Read More
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With the rise of telehealth services and hybrid environments, many institutions benefitted from studies and data that informed changes, which translated into emissions reductions. In this session, clinicians and experts will share results from a 2020 Cleveland Clinic employee survey and the impact commutes had on Scope 3 emissions. Also hear about policy decisions made from commuting data and incentives from Stanford Health Care’s focus groups and interviews, and learn about system-level environmental savings from virtual visits in their radiation oncology department.
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CleanMed is the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability. It is the platform for health care leaders to convene, collaborate, and conduct societal transformation for individual, community, and planetary health. It is the only conference that connects you with those at the forefront of implementing climate-smart health care innovations, environmentally preferable purchasing, sustainable food strategies, greening the operating room, and renewable energy – cost-effective solutions tailored to health care’s needs, goals, and mission.
CleanMed will bring us together… Read More
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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.
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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.