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Sustainability staff at Carilion Clinic walk you through their journey to develop the health system’s first Scope 3 emissions inventory.
• Learn about all 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions and how to develop your organization’s Scope 3 emissions inventory by using the new Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator for facilities and health systems.
• Understand which Scope 3 categories are easier to reduce than others and the challenges to reducing Scope 3 emissions.
• Develop strategies and an action plan to reduce your organization’s Scope 3 emissions.
Gain a basic understanding of each of… Read More
Type: Resources
One hundred hospitals pledge to create climate-friendly, plant-forward menus
Practice Greenhealth is celebrating a climate-friendly, plant-forward milestone: Over 100 hospitals have signed the Coolfood Pledge, an international, cross-sector effort to achieve a science-based collective target of reducing emissions from food by 25% by 2030.
Four hospitals joined the pledge when it was initially launched in late 2018. In June 2023, Northwell Health, which operates 21 hospitals and serves 10 million meals per year, became a signatory and helped the health care sector surpass the 100-hospital… Read More
Type: Press
Sanskrithi lives in Hyderabad, South India, and holds an MBA in sustainable development and management from Nalanda University. As a sustainability consultant, her most recent projects include carbon management, audits, and reporting, and she has worked on both academic and corporate sustainability projects. She worked as a climate researcher for a Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit project, focusing on understanding agriculture and climate adaptation in Germany and India. In her free time, she writes for newspapers on climate change topics and volunteers teaching STEM to… Read More
Type: Staff
Gwyneth is a seasoned management professional with over 20 years of experience in public health, hospital administration, higher education, and strategic purchasing who excels at fostering positive team dynamics and using quantitative analysis to understand complex problems and find practical solutions. She joins Practice Greenhealth after nine years as Boston Medical Center’s director of professional operations. She also worked in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health, and for… Read More
Type: Staff
Developing a complete Scope 3 inventory & action plan
Join us August 3, 2023 2:00 PM ET
Learn how to develop a comprehensive Scope 3 emissions inventory for your organization and create an action plan to reduce Scope 3 emissions.
Learn about all 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions and how to develop your organization’s Scope 3 emissions inventory.
Understand which Scope 3 categories are easier to reduce than others and the challenges to reducing Scope 3 emissions.
Develop strategies and an action plan to reduce your organization’s Scope 3 emissions.
Gain a basic understanding of each… Read More
Type: Press
Director of SustainabilityCarilion Clinic
As director of sustainability at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, Wohlford (she/her) facilitates and coordinates programs that reduce inefficiencies and waste and promote environmental sustainability. After receiving a Master’s in public health from Virginia Tech, Wohlford conceptualized and proposed her current position, created a work structure for sustainability for Carilion’s seven hospitals, and developed the Carilion Clinic Environmental Stewardship Council. Her programs increase recycling, decrease energy utilization and natural resource… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
Hospitals have significant buying power as they are often one of the community’s largest consumers. By purchasing food and beverages that have earned trusted third-party certifications for quality and sustainable practices, hospitals can shift the entire food system toward sustainability, without significant cost increases to total food service spending. In many cases, this can be done through collaborative efforts with the health care supply chain and vendors, via tactics including:
Using purchase power to move away from detrimental food production practices like the overuse of antibiotics… Read More
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U.S. Associate Director of Climate and Health
Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth
Keith works to support U.S. health systems in their efforts to decarbonize and to build climate resilience, including GHG emission inventories, action plans to reduce emissions or achieve net-zero emissions. He has over 30 years of sustainability experience in medical and residential architecture and construction. He previously spent 11 years as the sustainability and construction coordinator for Providence Health System in southwest Washington and finished his time with Providence as a facility… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
Aliza holds degrees in geography and environmental studies from UC Berkeley, where she conducted research on food in the United States prison system. An advocate for supporting marginalized communities and economic development, she has over five years of program coordination experience and a longstanding passion for food systems. She has completed two AmeriCorps service terms, working in youth development, sustainable tourism, and community development roles. A Los Angeles native, she currently resides in Hood River, Oregon, and very much enjoys rural living.
Type: Staff
Hospital’s food and nutrition departments can help ensure healthy food access both within and outside their walls.
Expanding healthy food access
Many health care system staff — especially those working in food service, nutrition, and procurement departments — are pursuing activities to increase access to healthy foods.
At the same time, community benefit staff are undertaking community health activities to address health priorities such as food insecurity, diet-related diseases, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.
By working together, these groups can share expertise and resources… 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.