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Following the successful launch of our Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator, Practice Greenhealth will host monthly workshops beginning in November that will walk you through how to perform a complete greenhouse gas inventory.
Bring your questions to this real-time solutions forum, where you will learn tips and tricks from other Practice Greenhealth partners.
Register today for the last 75-minute forum or view the recordings of previous sessions:
Nov. 16 - Scope 1 (stationary combustion, mobile fleet combustion, and fugitive emissions)
Dec. 14 - Scope 2 (purchased electricity,… Read More
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Anchors in Action alliance recently released a framework aimed at helping hospitals, schools, universities, and municipal governments identify vendors and community partners for increasing values-aligned food procurement. The framework served as the catalyst for our updated Healthy Food in Health Care standards, which offer guidance, tools, and resources to help hospitals and health systems reduce their climate impact by engaging peers and other stakeholders across the value chain.
Read our blog for more on this multi-sector aligned vision to improve and promote values-based food procurement… Read More
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Are you ready to join our champions?
Health care culinary professionals across the country are taking their menus to new levels in creativity and flavor, all powered by plants. This year’s contest is streamlined for easier participation.
The contest runs from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30.
Elevate your hard work and creativity while spotlighting your hospital’s plant-forward commitment to a national audience.
Get inspiration from the latest winner Chef Joseph Moreno from Stanford Health Care, and find out which contest winner went on to serve plant-based eats at the White House.
Find our more… Read More
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The historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has the potential to significantly reduce the financial barriers for health systems to procure low-carbon energy alternatives by providing substantial incentives in the form of tax credits and elective pay options that encourage health care organizations to decarbonize.
Use our summary and deep dive to guide how your organization can utilize IRA incentives to advance climate- and equity-related work
We’ve outlined the specific components of the legislation that can be used directly by health care organizations to invest in climate solutions and… Read More
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Free webinar: Co-designing with communities on climate resilience planning
Health Care Without Harm, Anchors for Resilient Communities, and Emerald Cities Collaborative are hosting a free learning session on co-design with communities and anchor institutions, such as hospitals and health systems, on climate resilience planning Sept. 12 from 1-3 p.m. ET, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. PT.
The virtual learning lab will cover co-design principles, such as power-sharing between institutions and communities, community governance, community-rooted decision-making, participatory funding, and more.
Community… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth’s virtual cohorts have been facilitating meaningful dialogue among groups of sustainability and health care professionals for over five years. We continue to orchestrate change in the health care community by bringing together peers and experts to develop new strategies to overcome barriers and challenges to implementing sustainability initiatives.
As 2022 begins, we invite you to engage with the leaders and innovators available as part of Practice Greenhealth's virtual cohorts to advance your sustainability efforts this year.
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Explore all of our virtual… Read More
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CleanMed 2022 is going to Kansas City, Missouri, May 10-12. After a challenging couple of years for the health care sector and the planet, we’re ready to get back together. Even though the pandemic has fundamentally changed the health care landscape around the world, it hasn’t changed our partners’ commitment to environmental sustainability and climate change work. That’s why we’re excited to be coming together in 2022.
Registration is now open at cleanmed.org.
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The COVID-19 pandemic upended health care and continues to have lasting impacts on the way we deliver care. It brought significant shifts in hospital operations, from shutting down elective surgeries and reducing food service to dealing with monumental supply chain challenges and a rapid transition to telehealth.
Sustainability leaders at Practice Greenhealth partner hospitals remained committed to maintaining sustainable practices where possible and lending sustainability expertise to emerging challenges.
As the only organization collecting comprehensive sustainability data for the health… Read More
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UPDATE: Environmental Excellence award application deadline extended to May 4, 2022.
Earn the recognition you deserve
Validate your hard work and continue making the business case for sustainable operations by participating in the Environmental Excellence Awards program, which is how Practice Greenhealth collects data to help hospitals measure their sustainability performance.
We all know you can’t manage what you don’t measure. By collecting and analyzing data, hospitals can generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve their resource… Read More
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Matt Cox
CFO at Spectrum Health
Number of beds: 2,522 beds
Number of FTE: 31,000
Part two
Matt Cox has served as Spectrum Health’s CFO and the executive sponsor for the system’s sustainability program since 2017. In this second of a two-part feature on health care finance leaders and sustainability, Cox shares about Spectrum Health’s sustainable purchasing and decarbonization strategies and his advice for other CFOs getting started in sustainability.
Why does Spectrum Health belong to Practice Greenhealth?
I think that Practice Greenhealth is a true leader… Read More
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