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Andaye Hill-Espinoza, MPH, serves as associate vice president of Core Tenet Programs for Responsible Sourcing at Vizient where she leads strategy to align health care purchasing with social impact, sustainability, and community resilience across the nation’s largest health care performance improvement network.Previously, Andaye led Protiviti’s Center of Excellence, advancing human rights due diligence and sustainable operations across sectors. She held key roles at Kaiser Permanente, where she helped design the $1B Impact Purchasing Commitment and developed cross-functional initiatives that… Read More
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Kate Lewandowski is the Director of Sustainability at Boston Children’s Hospital. In this role, she provides leadership, direction, and accountability for the enterprise environmental sustainability initiative and leads key projects. Previously, Kate was a senior project manager on the Boston Children’s government relations team, working on projects with a policy or regulatory interface, including the development of the sustainability initiative and the launch of the Boston Children’s Accountable Care Organization. Past work includes health care consumer advocacy at Community Catalyst with an… Read More
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When climate disasters strike, the emergency room is often the first place communities turn – but by the time patients arrive at your doors, it may be too late to meaningfully reduce the harm.Join this session to explore how health systems build the deep community partnerships needed to plan ahead, respond effectively, and recover equitably from climate disruption. Examples will draw from community resilience initiatives currently underway in four regions across the country.Whether your health system is just beginning its climate resilience journey or looking to strengthen existing community… Read More
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Your roadmap to cut food waste and costsWe're offering Practice Greenhealth partners access to a proven roadmap to help you achieve your food waste reduction goals, driving cost savings, operational efficiency, and progress toward your climate and community health objectives.The U.S. Food Waste Pact is a national voluntary agreement that helps businesses commit to and drive measurable food waste reduction by providing a proven framework and resources to implement strategies for source reduction, donation, and recycling. We've made it easy for Practice Greenhealth partners to participate… Read More
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Health care is joining organizations across the country in the goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030.Food can be wasted but is never “waste.” As a valuable resource, it does not belong in a landfill. Landfilling food contributes to climate change and is a missed opportunity for addressing food insecurity. Our guidance, which aligns with the EPA food recovery hierarchy and evolving state and federal regulations, leads you through each strategy from source reduction to food donation to recycling and will help you make a plan for achieving your waste reduction goals. Assemble the… Read More
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