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Practice Greenhealth’s annual sustainability benchmark report provides a powerful snapshot of the health care sector’s environmental progress. In 2023, nearly 430 participating facilities demonstrated remarkable sustainability achievements.
The participating hospitals collectively:
Saved more than $182 million on sustainability initiatives in 2023
Reduced more than 1 billion kBtus of energy
Saved 147 million gallons of water
Invested $834 million in sustainable spending
Diverted over 328 million pounds of waste from the landfill through recycling
Avoided more than 252,000 metric tons… Read More
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As part of the ongoing efforts to improve operational standardization and to decrease operating costs, Advocate will be reducing the number of courier stops, and in some instances, changing stop times at sites across the system. This change will result in significant savings, and it extends Advocate’s commitment to environmental stewardship by reducing its carbon footprint. This action will reduce overall miles driven and carbon dioxide emitted by couriers.
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As much as thirty percent of potential grey water is sent for treatment in urban settings; water which could otherwise be utilized in a variety of applications ranging from agriculture, heating and cooling systems, and toilet flushing. The percentage of unused grey water in normal households is even higher. Reuse leads to advantages that include significant reductions in sewage treatment and extraction of fresh water by public utilities.
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Practice Greenhealth’s benchmark reporting represents the nation’s premier analysis of sustainability performance data for the health care sector. The 355 hospitals in this year’s data set saved more than $826 million on a range of different sustainable programs over the course of 2016, while deepening relationships with their communities and better supporting a more expansive definition of health. This data will assist hospitals in identifying key sustainability program opportunities by benchmarking their own program’s performance. This report is divided into 10 distinct benchmarking… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth’s 2016 Sustainability Benchmark Report highlights the achievements of the 2016 Environmental Excellence award winners. More than 300 hospitals provided data for this year’s report, with combined savings of more than $92 million across a range of environmental program areas. The new report provides not only a benchmarking comparison for hospitals already engaged in the work, but also showcases a range of success stories demonstrating how a commitment to a healthy environment can assist health care administrators in achieving financial goals while engaging and empowering… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth’s 2015 Sustainability Benchmark Report highlights the achievements of the 2015 Environmental Excellence award winners—a set of 220 hospitals who are setting the standard for health care environmental stewardship. This year’s data set is based on reported activities during the 2014 calendar/fiscal year and is organized into ten distinct benchmarking profiles on the different topic areas that may comprise a hospital environmental stewardship program—leadership, waste, chemicals, greening the operating room, food, environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP), energy, water,… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth's 2014 edition of the annual health care Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting the achievements of the 2014 award-winning facilities. This report provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of how hospitals are progressing in their commitment to environmental stewardship. This year’s report is organized into ten separate benchmarking profiles on the different topic areas that make up a hospital environmental stewardship program— leadership, waste, chemicals, greening the operating room, food, environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP), energy, water,… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is proud to present its fifth annual Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting the achievements of its 2013 Award-winning facilities. The report presents a summary of useful benchmarking information for hospitals’ environmental programs from data collected in 2012, such as average waste profiles, environmentally preferable purchasing data, and energy and water consumption. Numerous tables of data present which specific activities Award winners have implemented over the course of their sustainability journeys. This report can be used to answer detailed questions such… Read More
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Create an action plan to reduce your hospital or health care facility's GHG emissions by identifying and prioritizing possible interventions. Identify interventions by scope, activity, or category and estimate the costs and savings of each intervention in terms of dollars, the return on investment (ROI), or reduction in metric tons of carbon-dioxide-equivalent (MTCO2e), an industry standard measure. The plan also includes space to recognize potential challenges that may arise during intervention implementation to allow for a comprehensive and transparent process.
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Seattle Children’s Hospital has implemented a policy that demonstrates commitment to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Procurement (EPP) in support of the hospital's mission to improve the health of patients and families, staff, and the community. Seattle Children’s will evaluate the environmental impacts (e.g., waste, toxicity) of products and services in an effort to select healthy and safe products and services that are also environmentally sound. Seattle Children’s staff involved with product selection will communicate to the marketplace that Children’s expects suppliers to… Read More
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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.