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As VP of sustainability, Tafuri (he/him) leads corporate sustainability efforts at Hackensack Meridian Health in areas including infrastructure upgrades for energy efficiency, on-site renewables, green building, sustainable food, waste reduction, purchasing, and safer chemicals. Over the past 12 years, he has made sustainability a part of Hackensack Meridian Health’s DNA, establishing the health system as an industry leader. Hackensack Meridian Health was the first health system in the country to achieve The Joint Commission Sustainable Healthcare Certification, and Hackensack University… Read More
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Download and share these logos to help promote your Award.Environmental Excellence General Award logoPNGEPSEnvironmental Excellence Award Winner logoPNGEPSGreenhealth Top Health System Award logoPNG with starsPNG without starsEPS with starsEPS without starsTop 25 logoPNG with starsPNG without starsEPS with starsEPS without starsGreenhealth Leader logoPNG with starsPNG without starsEPS with starsEPS without starsGreenhealth Champion logoPNG with starsPNG without starsEPS with starsEPS without starsGreenhealth Recognition logoPNG with starsPNG without starsEPS with starsEPS without… Read More
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Some traditional cleaning products contain ingredients that have been linked to occupational asthma. It is possible for hospitals to maintain optimal infection prevention and control while also reducing staff, patient, and visitor exposure to harmful chemicals present in many traditional hospital cleaners.
Green cleaning goal
Inventory cleaning products and purchase 90% Green Seal or UL ECOLOGO certified cleaning products in the following categories: carpet, window, all purpose, bathroom, and general floor care
For the most commonly used cleaning products, “greener” cleaners can be… Read More
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Data collection is essential to effective sustainability programs, but it’s only useful if that data is used and acted upon. By aggregating data from hospitals across our network, Practice Greenhealth provides valuable insights into the state of sustainability work across the sector.We know your data is precious, and we are committed to protecting it. Please see our data policy to learn more“The award application is always a lot of work, and this is my seventh year completing an application for my organization and I have to say I enjoy it. I love analyzing the data and seeing where our… Read More
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Increasing seafood purchases, is a solid strategy for reducing meat while promoting human and environmental health. However, the lack of transparency – along with seafood’s numerous health, environmental, and social justice concerns – make it a particularly difficult food group to navigate. This guide offers seafood procurement recommendations based on sustainability, nutrition, social, and animal welfare concerns.
This guide’s recommendations complement existing third-party certifications and inform day-to-day purchasing when sustainability labeling and information is… Read More
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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 vastly reducing food service operations 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… Read More
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This event occurred as part of CleanMed 2025. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) and AdventHealth shared their journeys in driving sustainable health care practices through transformative leadership and strategic initiatives. HMH has focused on embedding sustainability across its operations, aligning goals such as reducing emissions, promoting local food purchasing, and fostering strong governance. AdventHealth’s rapid scaling of environmental efforts, including… Read More
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By Beth Eckl, Practice Greenhealth Environmental Purchasing program director
You’ve secured leadership support, built a team of colleagues who were successful in getting an environmental purchasing policy adopted, and now it’s time to select environmentally preferable products and services. So which contracts should you begin with? And how do you prioritize among hundreds of purchasing opportunities?
Setting priorities enables organizations to focus on the highest value opportunities to drive sustainable development.
Some choose to begin with a strong business case for targeting products… Read More
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By John Strong Principal of John Strong, LLC and serves as president of Greenhealth Management
As you shake the sleep off, you realize that the sounds of your 12-year-old daughter’s latest asthma attack woke you. You determine immediately that this is going to require another trip to your local health care provider’s emergency room. When you pull up to the door of the emergency room, housed in a brand-new facility built by the largest integrator of care in your state, you feel palpable relief. There’s no wait—and soon a physician, nurses and others have her situation under control.
No one… Read More
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Each year, Practice Greenhealth collects and compiles comprehensive sustainability data from hospitals that report through the Environmental Excellence Awards. Practice Greenhealth is then able to provide the sector’s best performance benchmarking data to hospitals and health systems working to build environmental stewardship into their mission.
Sustainability initiatives can add value, reduce negative health and environmental impacts, and save critical health care dollars – substantiated by the environmental performance data coming out of health care. The 331 hospitals that contributed… Read More
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