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This is an exemplary document from HealthPartners, a list of Earth Day events for 2018 the system created as a resource for its hospitals and clinics to support celebrations.
Earth Day is coming up in April, and local engagement is important to our commitment to sustainability. In April, we hope you’ll help your team learn a little more about sustainability at HealthPartners – and maybe even do a fun activity or two.
Below are a few fun and easy ideas from the Clinics Green Team. Consider sharing these ideas with your team, and ask them how they’d like to celebrate Earth Day at your… Read More
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This is an exemplary document from HealthPartners. The health system provided a list of Earth Day events for 2018 as a resource for its hospitals and clinics to support celebrations. Among them was an Earth Day Bingo game from Burnsville Park Nicollet. This Word document can be modified for your facility.
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Practice Greenhealth provides a template that can be edited to make a poster on climate and human health. Use the increasing levels of ozone smog and local data on asthma and respiratory disease to illustrate how climate and human health intersect.
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Inova Health System is committed to creating an environmental program that contributes to a safer and healthier environment for patients, employees and community. Inova’s Supplier Sustainability Code of Conduct shares our value to work with suppliers and partners that are committed to integrating environmentally sustainability principles in their practices and conduct themselves accordingly.
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Sample letter to the VP of suply chain asking for support in purchasing environmentally preferable products and services, which are are essential components of a sustainable health care system.
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Sample letter to the CEO of a group purchasing organization asking for support in purchasing environmentally preferable products and services, which are are essential components of a sustainable health care system.
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This is a photo of an E-Ride electric utility vehicle made in Princeton, Minnesota.
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Asking questions about environmental attributes of electric and electronic equipment can help healthcare organizations identify suppliers who are taking the lead to reduce their use of toxic chemicals and materials.
This guide will show you how to differentiate environmental leaders for capital equipment, electronic devices, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, and anything that plugs in, uses electricity, or has a battery.
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Hospitals in the Practice Greenhealth network are committed to contracting with companies who are committed to environmental stewardship.
Corporate environmental responsibility is generally defined as the duty to cover the environmental implications of the company’s operations, products and facilities, eliminate waste and emissions, maximize the efficiency and productivity of its resources, and minimize practices that might adversely affect the enjoyment of the country’s resources by future generations.
This questionnaire for suppliers will allow them to share the environmental initiatives… Read More
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A poster promoting an Earth Day event sponsored by Washington Hospital and the city of Fremont, Calif.
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