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Health Partners is committed to educating its leaders and teams on better sustainability practices. Sustainability is an important part of the mission to improve health and well-being, and a commitment to sustainability at home and work helps create a healthier and cleaner environment for everyone. Sustainability also impacts the bottom line and is tied to stewardship goals. Employees can support this organizational commitment to sustainability and take accountability for educating and informing others of the practices that will make a difference. One resource now available is this… Read More
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Open this resource to view a Boston Medical Center employee presentation on sustainability initiatives and achievements.
Type: Resources
Advocate Health Care provides an outline for a computer based training module on creating a healthy environment. This guide contains topics to be covered, infographics, and sustainability facts that can be used for education.
Type: Resources
“Not only does this project impact greenhouse gasses from keeping food waste out of the landfill, it is also about dollars saved, which is important to hospital administrators, and then there is the food rescue piece which is what is really important to our community.”
– Jack Breezee, Sutter Health regional director of food and nutrition services
Sutter Health knew they were wasting food but didn’t know how much. They wanted to find a way to reduce food waste – and knew they could help their community at the same time.
Sutter Health partnered with our sustainability experts to… Read More
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Hospitals across California are required to be in compliance with the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery organic waste reduction mandates.
California has implemented several regulations to increase the diversion of organic materials away from landfills and toward the production of value-added products like compost, fertilizers, and biofuels.
California disposes approximately 30 million tons of waste in landfills each year, and more than 30% of the state’s waste could be used for compost or mulch. Organic waste (including green and food materials) is recyclable through… Read More
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This guide provides actionable steps and sample materials to assist health systems and community organizations in conducting an exercise aimed at identifying vulnerabilities and inequities and preparing for climate impacts.
Partnering for climate resilience: A practical guide to community-based disaster planning for health care provides a new approach to disaster planning and climate preparedness built on a partnership between health systems and the communities they serve working together to plan for and mitigate the impacts of climate change. The guide provides a playbook and sample… Read More
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Educate your patrons about how plant proteins like nuts, seeds, and legumes are delicious, healthy, and good for the environment with these fun and engaging resources.
Type: Resources
Educate your patrons about how a plant-forward diet supports the environment with these fun and engaging resources.
An infographic (two design options below) illustrates the benefits of choosing a plant-forward meal and can be used to educate and reinforce patrons' good feelings after purchasing climate-friendly food.
A consumer-facing webpage practicegreenhealth.org/plantforwardpower displays the infographic (along with some fun facts), and you can direct your patrons to it using our matching printable teaser posters (two design options below) that features a QR code.
Type: Resources
The University of Michigan - Michigan Medicine has a senior vice president and chief ESG officer, who reports directly to the University of Michigan Health president. More details can be found in the job description.
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Stony Brook University Hospital has formally embedded sustainability-related job responsibilities for a specified role. This is an example of the chief nursing officer or chief regulatory officer including sustainability responsibilities and expectations.
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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.
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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,700 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.