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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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For the third year in a row, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) received Practice Greenhealth’s Greening the OR Leadership Award for their industry-leading, comprehensive program, which reduces the environmental impact of MSK’s surgical suites.
MSK’s continued leadership and success would not be possible without prioritizing stakeholder engagement from every department – evidenced by their more than 400 staff volunteering as GreenReps, dedicated task forces across various departments, and broad representation on their Greening the OR Committee from anesthesiology, environmental… Read More
Type: Press
Practice Greenhealth collected and compiled extensive sustainability data from 327 hospitals to provide timely information to hospitals and health systems working to build environmental stewardship into their mission.
The environmental performance data coming out of health care continues to substantiate the claim that sustainability initiatives can add value, reduce negative health and environmental impacts, and save critical health care dollars.
The hospitals that contributed data as part of their 2019 Environmental Excellence Awards submissions together saved an impressive $68 million on… Read More
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Food service departments across the country are influencing their supply chain by channeling human health values into their purchasing choices. Yet, the impact does not end at the point of purchase. When these products are tracked with intention, teasing out which are sourced locally and which are produced with verifiable environmentally and socially preferred practices, it reveals the sweet spot, the crossover where a product carries both attributes simultaneously.
Identifying and accurately tracking these crossover products allows hospitals to use their purchasing power to most effectively… Read More
Type: Press
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PRACTICE GREENHEALTH NETWORK
Last updated 10/27/2020 (PDF file for download)
INTRODUCTION
Practicegreenhealth.org is a service provided by Practice Greenhealth/Health Care Without Harm (“HCWH”), 12110 Sunset Hills Rd, Suite 600, Reston, VA 20191, and is subject to the Practice Greenhealth/HCWH Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”). Practicegreenhealth.org is an online interface as defined by the HCWH Terms of Use, and the following Terms and Conditions of the Practice Greenhealth Network are additional terms that apply to your use of the Practice Greenhealth website… Read More
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Our partners are at the center of our work. The Practice Greenhealth experience guides hospitals and health systems in achieving key successes in sustainability in all of our prioritized impact areas. Everything we do is strategically designed to strengthen, accelerate, and transform your organization.
Health care sustainability is hard work, but over the years we have proven that significant change is achievable. These changes manifest in healthier populations — and lower costs. We are confident that the health care sector, which makes up nearly 18% of the U.S. economy, will use its… Read More
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Health care facilities offer healthier menus by working with farmers to purchase locally and sustainably grown products, reducing the amount of meat they purchase and serve, and going beyond their walls to help meet the food needs of their community. This cohort will provide partners a space to learn about new trends and technologies and collaborate with their peers on implementation strategies. Sessions will cover ways to improve the sustainability of food service operations and support healthy food access, local food economies, and resilient food systems.
Target audience: Sustainability… Read More
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Here are two sample news stories as well as a brief description for each of Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards. Feel free to use some or all of this content as you promote your win internally and externally. You can find additional resources, including award logos, on our website. If you have questions, please reach out to press@practicegreenhealth.org.
Sample news story 1
<Hospital name> recognized for its leadership on environmental sustainability
A focus on more sustainable operations supports healthier patients, staff, and communities
In recognition for its… Read More
Type: Resources
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Introduction to climate resilience planning
Hospitals play a critical role in any climate action plan by developing a climate resilience plan that ensures their continued operation and ability to support public health as climate change exacerbates health disparities and heightens the risk of a widespread health crisis. Since the White House and HHS launched the “Health Sector Climate Pledge” in 2022, the health care sector has increasingly focused on climate resilience planning. Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth are prepared… Read More
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More than 70% of a health system’s greenhouse gas emissions are embedded in the products and services they buy. As a resource-intensive industry with enormous buying power and the only industry with healing as its mission, health facilities are using sustainable procurement as a key action area for financial sustainability and for the benefit of patients, workers, the community, and the planet.
Featured in the groundbreaking new purchasing guide for health care, these 11 Practice Greenhealth member hospitals exemplify the many components of sustainable procurement, from eliminating toxins… Read More
Type: Press
Join Practice Greenhealth
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.
Who We Are
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.