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These suggested environmental considerations focus on cooling towers, boilers, and other water systems, listed separately, that can be included as part of a water systems contract for health care facilities. The suggested environmental considerations can be used in RFPs or RFIs to identify opportunities for products that are environmentally preferable and/or contribute to LEED credits.
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Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator, professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, has accepted our invitation to be the keynote speaker for CleanMed 2019.
McCarthy has been a leading advocate for common sense strategies to protect public health and the environment for more than 30 years.
She is the latest to join the growing number of sustainability thought leaders and innovators presenting at CleanMed in Nashville this May.
Don't miss this opportunity to join McCarthy and your fellow health… Read More
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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
Each year, Practice Greenhealth collects and reviews comprehensive sustainability data from hospitals that report through the Environmental Excellence Awards. We provide the sector’s best sustainability performance benchmarking data to hospitals and health systems working to integrate sustainability into their mission, and to the health care supply chain partners that are integral to this work. This is the 13th report in a series stretching back to 2009. This report lays out sustainability performance data for 2021 collected through the 2022 Environmental Excellence Awards.
A focus on… Read More
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Change happens through people – use our guidance to build a culture where sustainability is everyone’s job.
The case for resourcing and staffing sustainability programming within health care has grown significantly over the last decade. Even so, it is imperative for an organization, and in particular executive leadership, to prioritize ways to engage all staff, not just those with sustainability in their job title, to realize all the benefits sustainability can bring to the organization.
Staff engagement strategies:
Create program visibility
Build capacity for sustainability work and… Read More
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Health care institutions throughout the country recognize the urgent need to reduce rates of obesity and chronic illness as well as their associated health care costs.
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contribute to the increased prevalence of obesity and associated chronic diseases that go along with weight gain. The production, consumption, and waste associated with sugar-sweetened and bottled beverages have numerous negative environmental consequences.
A better option for hydration and quenching thirst is water and in the United States, tap water has been proven to be just as safe, or… Read More
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Transportation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and is right behind energy production in terms of its impact. The health care sector contributes 8% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States each year. Hospitals must make transportation more sustainable in order to reduce their carbon footprint.
Type: Resources
Boston Medical Center is committed to excellence in health care, research and teaching while also protecting and enhancing the environment. As such, operations will be managed to minimize adverse environmental impacts and to maintain and continuously improve environmental compliance and performance.
View this resource to view the full environmental commitment statement from Boston Medical Center.
Type: Resources
Blog posted by the Healthy Food Team of Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm
To celebrate Food Day in 2016, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth teamed up with Menus of Change, an initiative of The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to support the sourcing of sustainable products and creation of healthy meals with recipes and resources.
With more than 70 participants from California to Massachusetts, Wisconsin to Florida and the places in between such as Wyoming and Colorado, hospitals answered the call to source and serve… Read More
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Wall protection includes panels, corner guards, crash rails, and other materials used to protect walls and doors from damage. The questions in this guide cover key environmental considerations for products in this category. This category would also provide opportunities for health care facilities to earn USGBC’s LEED credits for sustainably built environments.
Type: Resources
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