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(Employee engagement toolkit) Hackensack University Medical Center's Sustainability Certification program includes a one-hour lecture and thirty minutes for discussion. The educational content is in alignment with the Practice Greenhealth's six-category framework: Engaged leadership, leaner energy, healthier food, less Waste, safer chemicals, and smarter purchasing. The lecture connects these areas to the environmental footprint of HackensackUMC and details what is being done to meet the challenges. The goal of the certification program is to engage staff and expand conversations beyond ‘just… Read More
Type: Resources
Lucia has worked to build innovative, equitable regional food systems for the past 25 years. In her current role, Lucia is responsible for designing strategies that engage health care organizations in their role as anchor institutions – to work with their local communities to build community health, wealth, and climate resilience. Lucia has been co-convening the Anchors in Resilient Communities (ARC) project in California for the past seven years. She holds a master's degree from Prescott College in community-based environmental education program development.
Type: Staff
Ryan Kirane
Assistant vice president of operations and sustainability officer at HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center
Number of beds: 120
Number of FTE: 615
HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center’s assistant vice president of operations and sustainability officer shares how his team prioritizes sustainability projects with community impact, how his work inspires him, and the documentary he can’t stop sharing. Kirane has been with HonorHealth since 2017 and in his current role since January 2022.
What excites you most about being part of… Read More
Type: Press
Practice Greenhealth announced the 2020 recipients of the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards, the most prestigious environmental achievement for health care.
Including the Top 25, Practice Greenhealth recognized 421 health care organizations across 10 areas of sustainability through its annual Environmental Excellence Awards. This includes the Circles of Excellence honors to the top 10 hospitals nationwide in each sustainability impact area, Greening the OR Leadership and Recognition Awards, Greenhealth Emerald Awards, Partner for Change and Partner Recognition Awards, Making… Read More
Type: Press
2022 is the year we accelerate the decarbonization of health care. And CleanMed 2022 offers the strategies we need for moving from commitment to action to impact. Join us May 10-12 in Kansas City, where an incredible lineup of expert speakers will share the many ways you can drive climate solutions within your organization.
Attendees of CleanMed will experience cutting-edge sessions on:
Insights from Biden administration officials on their work to build a low-carbon, more resilient, and more equitable health care system and how leading health systems are modeling climate action.
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Type: Press
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
Type: Resources
[Plant-Forward Future] Research reveals that certain dietary patterns have been noted to have the ideal composition for human health and reduced environmental impact. This guide offers procurement recommendations based on values of sustainability, nutrition, social, and animal welfare concerns.
These considerations were generated based on findings detailed in "Redefining protein: Adjusting diets to protect public health and conserve resources," Health Care Without Harm’s report that summarizes and analyzes available academic literature on the impacts of whole food protein options, with an… Read More
Type: Resources
As a Farm to Market Strategist for the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Ben (he/him) supports the Farm to Market Team to develop and deliver programs that help small-scale California family farmers and ranchers reach new markets and bring the food they grow to local communities. Ben is a founding member of Beef2Institution, bringing more than ten years of experience in value-based supply chain coordination for institutions throughout California. In addition to supporting Beef2Institution with CAFF, Ben manages Shared Plate Strategies, helping institutional buyers navigate their… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
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
Type: Resources
Christopher has been working in health care sustainability for over 12 years. Christopher has deep expertise in the topics of chemicals, greening the OR, food, climate, energy, transportation, water, sustainable procurement, green buildings, and leads the work on health care waste and plastics for Practice Greenhealth. His focus is measuring sustainability in the health care sector through data to drive meaningful outcomes for people and the planet. Christopher owns a circular economy consulting and manufacturing firm that recycles medical plastics into sustainable products. Christopher was… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
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