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A navigational tool for achieving zero emissions with climate resilience and health equity
This is the second in a series of research and policy papers that Health Care Without Harm and Arup have produced together to identify a set of actions the health sector can take to align itself with the ambition of the Paris Agreement while simultaneously achieving global health goals. Green Paper One defined health care’s climate footprint and opportunities for action. This paper sets out a broad, overarching guide for the sector to move toward decarbonization. Future papers will continue to build… Read More
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These resources from Health Care Without Harm will help eliminate mercury from your facility.
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This is a list of contract categories in the health care supply chain that may be relevant to facilities pursuing LEED for Healthcare certification.
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Advocate Health Care provides a list of frequently asked questions and answers about phasing in antibiotic-free meat to their hospital as part of their environmental stewardship and antibiotic stewardship programs.
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Taking Toxics Out of Maryland’s Health Care Sector reports on a shift in Maryland’s health care sector away from the use of toxic pesticides in the management of health care facilities. Major health care institutions in the state are now embracing pest management strategies for their facilities that give priority to non-chemical pest control methods and only use defined least-toxic chemical strategies as a last resort.
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Health care’s response to climate change requires a multi-faceted, practical approach. This document provides several kinds of resources to help, including tips on getting started, potential mitigation programs in different sectors, and an outline of some of the many resources, model programs and guidelines available to help move the process forward.
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Poster to celebrate health care's mission of healing people and the planet on Earth Day and every day. The poster reads "Why sustainable health care? Because healthy people rely on a healthy planet. Earth Day matters!"
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In a shifting health care landscape, sustainability programs are a timely investment that can generate significant cost-savings while offering a range of co-benefits. Across the country, hospitals are taking leadership roles in their communities in advocating for more environmentally responsible operations, cleaner energy, healthier and more sustainable food systems, and a smarter supply chain that avoids chemicals of concerns and drives market transformation toward safer products.
In one year, 355 leading hospitals saved more than $826 million by integrating a myriad of different… Read More
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Health care organizations play a key role in community resilience. Climate change, by increasing the intensity and frequency of some extreme weather events, is creating complex hazards that challenge accepted baseline assumptions for infrastructure capabilities, redundancies, and disaster preparedness and response—and this means a need for new building design thresholds. This government toolkit has been developed to assist organizations engaged in health care facility climate resilience as they improve their response to extreme weather events.
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Climate Resilience for Health Care and Communities: Strategies and Case Studies provides a strategic framework for building truly climate-resilient health systems and communities, and explores how health care institutions can leverage investments to support equitable decarbonization and build community resilience, health, and wealth. Through case studies, this paper outlines actions health systems can take to improve their ability to adapt and recover from climate-driven service impacts, strengthen long-term sustainability, and support health and equity in the communities they serve.
As… Read More
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