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Helping hospitals provide diners more of what they want while slashing food-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Across the country, clinicians and medical associations are extolling the health benefits of plant-forward eating, and hospitals are responding by reducing meat and increasing plant-centered menu options. Learn what it takes to become a pledge signatory and give diners more of what they want while slashing food-related emissions, saving costs, and improving health by watching the short video above.
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The Coolfood Pledge is a tool that will help you… Read More
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Plant-forward is a style of cooking and eating that emphasizes and celebrates, but is not limited to, foods from plant sources – fruits and vegetables (produce), whole grains, legumes (pulses), nuts and seeds, plant oils, and herbs and spices – and reflects evidence-based principles of health and sustainability. – Culinary Institute of America
Plant-forward is the most delicious “quadruple” bottom line approach that health care can take – achieving social, environmental, and financial goals while providing great-tasting food.
Explore why food champions in every profession from chefs to… Read More
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Ask any business or sustainability consultant to name a key requirement for program success and they’ll tell you that having an executive or c-suite level sponsor is at the top of their list. There are several reasons for this. First, the sponsor makes sure that the program's goals and objectives are aligned with hospital strategy, and that it has the support, from the top and the bottom, to be successful. Second, the sponsor plays a more strategic role focusing efforts on creating conditions for success or removing impediments, leaving the tactical work to the sustainability leader.
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Dr. Alice Chen is an internal medicine physician and national leader in physician advocacy and public health. She currently serves as senior advisor to Made to Save, a national grassroots public outreach campaign helping communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19 access information and vaccines. She previously served as executive director of Doctors for America, a national network of physicians and medical students who advocate for policies to improve patients’ lives. Under her leadership, the organization played an important role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth’s virtual cohorts have been facilitating meaningful dialogue among groups of sustainability and health care professionals for over six years. We continue to drive change in the health care community by bringing together peers and experts to develop new strategies to overcome challenges to implementing sustainability initiatives.
As 2023 begins, we invite you to engage with the leaders and innovators available as part of our virtual cohorts to advance your sustainability efforts this year.
Learn more about our virtual cohorts, and decide which quarterly sessions you… Read More
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Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth present Climate Impact Checkup, a unique tool developed for any health care facility in the world to calculate and track its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
This tool provides a comprehensive way for health care facilities worldwide to measure, manage, and support mitigation goals and action planning. It enables health systems and facilities to benchmark their footprint against similar facilities in their country, region, level of complexity and globally while being part of a larger network.
For organizations participating in Race to Zero… Read More
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From GreenBiz:
"We're pleased to introduce the 2018 class of 30 inspiring young leaders who are demonstrating the world-changing promise of sustainability in their everyday work. These individuals are advancing clean energy and transportation, circular design and supply chains, resilient communities and sustainable business practices overall.
The honorees were nominated by readers from around the world and selected by the GreenBiz editorial team. Grateful appreciation to our partners at the World Business Council for Sustainable Business in helping to cast a global net for prospective… Read More
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Improved Health Care Emission Impact Calculator and resources to support your GHG emissions reduction journey
We are excited to present the new Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator 2.0 with the following improvements:
The addition of purchased, market-based electricity for Scope 2 emissions
Updated emission factors for Scope 2
AR6 values for gases and refrigerants
More custom inputs for Scope 3 categories
More options to input Scope 3 category 1 and 2 activities
More options to input weight or distance instead of spend for Scope 3 categories
View our latest tutorial and all of our… Read More
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(Employee engagement toolkit) Green employee benefits can facilitate behavior changes with tangible results which also measurably benefit the environment. They have the potential to accelerate meaningful environmental impacts and bring sustainability values deeper into the fabric of an organization. The services can help retain and attract employees, as well as benefit their health and financial well-being.
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs are successfully operated at a number of hospitals throughout the country, and the popularity of programs is increasing steadily. Facilities… Read More
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Hospital’s ‘Green Team’ cuts waste and expense
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:24 PM
By E. A. Barrera/Special to the Index-Tribune
Realizing that medical waste can really add up – both in garbage and dollars – Sonoma Valley Hospital formed a “Green Team” three years ago to find ways to curb environmental degradation.
Now that work is paying off, with a 31 percent reduction in annual waste, moves to eliminate mercury and other toxic chemicals from the facility altogether, and some newfound recognition to boot.
In June, SVH was honored as a leader in environmentally sustainable business… Read More
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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.