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This event occurred as part of CleanMed 2025. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org Climate change is a growing public health concern. Rising temperatures, sea level rise, increasing carbon dioxide levels, and extreme weather events are threat multipliers of social determinants of health, with the most severe harms falling disproportionately upon underserved communities. Explore how to use existing processes – including the community health needs assessment (CHNA), hazard vulnerability analysis (… Read More
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Need help completing the Scope 3 requirement for your Environmental Excellence Awards application? In this short walkthrough, Practice Greenhealth’s Associate Director of Awards, Katie Pittman, demonstrates how to use the Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator (HCEIC) to calculate two accessible Scope 3 categories, waste generated in operations (category 5) and fuel- and energy-related activities (category 3), using data many organizations already collect. The resulting emissions values can be entered directly into the climate section of your application. Reminder: Only one Scope 3… Read More
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Wondering how to complete the waste page in your Environmental Excellence Awards application?In this walkthrough, Practice Greenhealth’s Associate Director of Awards, Katie Pitman, explains the waste data collected in the application and why it matters. She reviews key waste streams, including solid waste, recycling, regulated medical waste, sharps, and hazardous waste, while sharing practical tips for gathering the data that many hospitals already track. The goal of the waste page is to help organizations better understand their waste streams and identify opportunities to reduce, reuse… Read More
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Back by popular demand, our regional hub series connects Practice Greenhealth peers on timely and impactful sustainability initiatives.Join this series to continue or add to the conversations partners began this past year. Facilitators will host breakout groups by region based on who registers for the event—including Pacific Northwest, California, Mountain West–Midwest, Northeast–Mid-Atlantic, Southeast–South Central–Southwest, and an "Other" category for areas not listed. Participants identified several topics of interest and look forward to reconnecting and expanding participation from… Read More
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Establishing good governance is critical for advancing sustainability. Good governance promotes clarity, accountability, and transparency, and allows human, natural, economic, and financial resources to be managed efficiently. While governance does not guarantee a strong foundation, its absence severely limits a sustainability program’s success and can, at worst, impede it.Join this session to learn the basics of sustainability governance, including core documents, structures, staffing, stakeholders, and resourcing. Facilitators will also guide participants through discussions focused on key… Read More
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Sustainability programs that align with organizational priorities will gain senior leadership’s support and lead to long-term success. The vast majority of top-performing health organizations have an executive-level champion at the top of their sustainability reporting structure. This brings credibility and authority to a sustainability program, setting a tone from the top that this work is important, and so is resourcing it. Acquiring leadership support can sometimes be a tall order.Join this session to learn how to prepare a pitch to executive leadership and which channels of appeal and… Read More
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By collecting and analyzing data on a wide range of factors – including energy and resource use, GHG emissions, waste, supply chain performance, and more – hospitals can generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve their resource efficiency. 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. Facilitators will also guide participants through a series of interactive exercises… Read More
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Change happens through people. A successful sustainability program builds a culture that embodies its environmental mission within the assumptions and beliefs of its staff – sustainability then becomes everybody’s job. Further, engaged staff are often willing to play a role in interorganizational collaboration, influencing the supply chain and other key stakeholders.Join this session to learn about stakeholders, communication tools, proven engagement practices, clinical engagement, and how to avoid pitfalls. Facilitators will also guide participants through a series of interactive… Read More
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Join this three-part workshop series to build, implement, and maintain your sustainable procurement program. Designed for organizations early in their journey with some internal buy-in, this series helps you assess your current state, set priorities, and take action using Practice Greenhealth’s Sustainable Procurement Guide and Plan–Do–Check–Act framework.During these sessions, you will learn how to align procurement with organizational sustainability goals, establish governance and policy, and engage internal stakeholders. You will be able to identify high-impact opportunities across product… Read More
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Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to build and strengthen your organization’s climate resilience approach. Designed for health care organizations early in their journey with some internal alignment in place, this series helps you take the next step toward a more structured approach.Across three sessions, you will explore how to integrate climate resilience into core operations, including emergency preparedness, facilities, clinical care, and supply chain. You will assess internal and external risks, identify opportunities to strengthen continuity of care, and examine how regional systems… Read More
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