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In support of our mission to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve, Legacy Health Supply Chain staff are committed to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP). We will evaluate products and services for conformance to these principles (e.g., waste, toxicity). Legacy is committed to seeking suppliers that develop environmentally friendly products that are price competitive and that are manufactured using environmentally responsible processes.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth is the leading nonprofit membership and networking organization for sustainable health care.
Our mission is to empower our members to increase their efficiencies and environmental stewardship while improving patient safety and care through tools, best practices, and knowledge. Founded in 2008, Practice Greenhealth is the source for sustainability solutions for the health care sector.
Learn more about Practice Greenhealth membership with this backgrounder.
Type: Resources
Hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities to purchase food from local and diverse farmers and food businesses to align their food service operations with their mission to serve and support the health of their communities. This webinar introduces you to Practice Greenhealth’s local and equitable food purchasing guidance and resources. Hackensack Meridian Health shared how they applied our guidance and the resulting impacts experienced by their community collaborator The CommonMarket.
Type: Event
Seattle Children's believes that green buildings are healthier environments for their occupants, and building green is integral to the core mission of providing top-quality healthcare. Through thoughtful, sustainable facility master planning, Seattle Children's future development will consider habitat, energy and water, which are essential to community design and reducing demand on the local infrastructure. These choices will contribute to a sustainable urban campus and, by extension, positively affect the community around it.
Type: Resources
By collecting and analyzing data on a wide range of factors – including energy and resource use, GHG emissions, waste, supply chain performance, and more – hospitals can generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve their resource efficiency. Measurement is one of the keys to management, and data empowers leaders to make decisions based on facts, trends, and statistics.
This session covered goal setting, data governance, and developing baseline data. Facilitators also guided participants through a series of interactive exercises to develop… Read More
Type: Event
By collecting and analyzing data on a wide range of factors – including energy and resource use, GHG emissions, waste, supply chain performance, and more – hospitals can generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve their resource efficiency. Measurement is one of the keys to management, and data empowers leaders to make decisions based on facts, trends, and statistics.
Join this 90 minute session to learn about goal setting, data governance, and developing baseline data. Facilitators will also guide participants through a series of interactive… Read More
Type: Event
This is a press release from University Hospitals about the 2016 pre-launch roll out of a bike share system they sponsor in Cleveland and Cuyahoga counties in Ohio. “Biking is healthy, active and highly social – in short, a great way to help create more livable and connected communities, both for residents and visitors,” said Sarah O’Keeffe, Sustainability Manager. “UHBikes directly aligns with this concept as well as our organization’s health mission and UH is proud to have these bikes out in the community.”
Type: Resources
Hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities to purchase environmentally sustainable and high animal welfare foods to align their food service operations with their mission to serve and support the health of their communities and the environment. This webinar will introduce you to Practice Greenhealth’s sustainable food purchasing guidance and resources. Stanford Health will share how they have applied our guidance to reduce environmental impact, and their community collaborators, TomKat Ranch, Richards Regenerative, and Shared Plate Strategies, will share tips and impacts of their… Read More
Type: Event
UC San Francisco Medical Center (UCSFMC) is not only a leader in healthcare but also a leader in healthcare sustainability. From earning a LEED Gold certification for the new Mission Bay Hospitals to reducing water use by 13% since 2014 to saving more than $1M from reprocessing single use devices, UCSFMC continued to live its commitment to leadership in health and sustainability during 2015. This executive summary highlights UCSF’s greatest accomplishments at the medical center over the 2015 fiscal year.
Type: Resources
Seattle Children’s Hospital has implemented a policy that demonstrates commitment to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Procurement (EPP) in support of the hospital's mission to improve the health of patients and families, staff, and the community. Seattle Children’s will evaluate the environmental impacts (e.g., waste, toxicity) of products and services in an effort to select healthy and safe products and services that are also environmentally sound. Seattle Children’s staff involved with product selection will communicate to the marketplace that Children’s expects suppliers to… Read More
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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.
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.