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The most prestigious honor for those committed to health care sustainability, Practice Greenhealth's Environmental Excellence Awards recognize health care facilities, health sector suppliers, and member organizations for making a commitment to and progressing toward environmental stewardship and sustainability.
Each year, Practice Greenhealth honors health care facilities through the following awards:
Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award
The Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award is Practice Greenhealth’s highest honor for hospitals. These hospitals are leading the industry with innovation… Read More
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Helping hospitals provide diners more of what they want while slashing food-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Across the country, clinicians and medical associations are extolling the health benefits of plant-forward eating, and hospitals are responding by reducing meat and increasing plant-centered menu options. Learn what it takes to become a pledge signatory and give diners more of what they want while slashing food-related emissions, saving costs, and improving health by watching the short video above.
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Why pledge?
The Coolfood Pledge is a tool that will help you… Read More
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Website account access
If you have trouble accessing your Practice Greenhealth website account, or if you have any questions, please contact support@practicegreenhealth.org.
Current members
If you work for a Practice Greenhealth member facility, the best way to get in touch is directly through your member engagement specialist.
Potential members
If you are interested in your facility joining Practice Greenhealth, you can learn more here.
Media inquiries
Practice Greenhealth’s network includes health care leaders and sustainability experts around the United States. If you are looking… Read More
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Sustainability programs that are aligned with organizational priorities are more likely to gain senior leadership’s support and lead to long-term success. Almost 90% of the top-performing institutions in our sustainability benchmark reports have an executive-level champion at the top of their reporting structure. This executive champion or sponsor brings credibility and authority to the program’s mission and goals while setting a tone from the top that this work is important.
Equally important are environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. This criteria has been used for years to… Read More
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Engaging staff in sustainable initiatives can give them a greater sense of ownership in the organization and in meeting goals, which can help you recruit and more importantly, retain, your organization’s talented people.
Employees who say they have the opportunity to make a direct social and environmental impact report higher satisfaction than those who don’t – which can influence recruitment and retention of top talent.
Some examples of successful employee engagement strategies include:
Engage staff in sustainability programs and in the celebrations of success
Offer employees “green”… Read More
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2017 Award Winners
The 2017 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Award winners were honored at the Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards Gala on the evening of May 18 in conjunction CleanMed 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Congratulations to the winners.
Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award Honorees
Circles of Excellence Honorees
Greenhealth Emerald Award Honorees
Greenhealth Partner for Change Award Honorees
System for Change Award Honorees
Greening the OR Leadership Award Winner
Greening the OR Recognition Award Honorees
Making Medicine Mercury Free Award… Read More
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Health care’s opportunity
Our mission is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint and becomes an anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice.
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The Practice Greenhealth website provides proven guidance, sustainability data, tools, and resources across a range of topics and sustainability levels. You will need a website account to access partner-only content.
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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.