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[Plant-Forward Future] Educate and encourage your diners with these resources that explain the environmental benefits of choosing a plant-forward meal.
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With years of experience in health care sustainability program development and green building advocacy, Matt is inspired by how the environments we create can support wellness. He understands that while hospitals navigate their own sustainability initiatives, they can draw on the success of peers facing similar challenges to find a way forward. Based in Ohio near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Matt enjoys playing soccer and finding new ways to explore the world with his wife, baby, and dog.
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Jokic has more than 22 years of experience working for international nongovernmental organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, Oxfam Great Britain, and UNDP. During her time with Oxfam Great Britain, she worked as the finance manager and later as the regional management accountant and finance coordinator for the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa. She has extensive knowledge in working with donors and financial management.
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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,700 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.
We started out as the result of a first-of-its kind agreement between a health care association and a federal agency with shared goals for environmental stewardship and sustainability in health care.
Today, more than 1 in every… Read More
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Build healthier food environments for your patrons through education, promotion, and marketing of healthy foods and beverages at your facility.
Healthy food environments include the food itself – whole or minimally-processed – as well as community culture. Hospitals can promote community health by offering culturally-relevant, nourishing food that honors communities’ food traditions and protects against food-related chronic disease.
As promoters and protectors of community health, hospitals can use procurement and related strategies to foster healthy and resilient communities.
Sample… Read More
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We are pleased to share Practice Greenhealth’s latest sustainability benchmark report, based on data from the 2021 calendar year.
The 345 hospitals that submitted data demonstrated that a focus on environmental stewardship can help health care organizations better protect the health of their communities and make progress on sustainability goals, while saving money and building resilience.
The 2022 Environmental Excellence Awards applicants reported aggregate annual savings of more than $157 million on environmental programs – an increase of more than 50% since last year. Hospitals also… Read More
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Sarah brings over a decade of strategic program and project management experience across many sectors including health care. She was instrumental in engaging leadership through a Green+Leaders program at Vancouver Coastal Health (a current Practice Greenhealth partner) and other Canadian health authorities as a sustainability consultant. Sarah is based in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area and enjoys paddle boarding in the summer, snowboarding in the winter, and chasing after her young son and beagle pup.
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Join two pharmacists and a physician on Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT to learn about the climate impact of pharmaceuticals, including metered dose inhalers, along with opportunities for health professionals to promote climate-smart pharmacy practice through education, advocacy, and clinical practice.
Participants will learn about:
Why pharmaceuticals make a significant contribution to health care’s climate footprint
How pharmacists and clinical health professionals are leading action to reduce the impact of inhalers and other pharmaceuticals and promote climate-smart health care… Read More
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Learn and network with affiliate premium partners
Join Practice Greenhealth on March 1 at 11:00 a.m. ET for our first partner forum of the year featuring 3M and Accenture.
These quarterly, interactive education and networking events provide our affiliate partners – manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, or other supply chain partners – a chance to introduce, share, and spark conversations and solutions with the larger Practice Greenhealth network.
What attendees can expect:
Featured partners sharing information about their companies’ sustainability efforts and achievements… 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.