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(Transportation toolkit) Hospitals and health systems are in a position to reduce the environmental and community health impacts of hospital-related transportation. Building an infrastructure of EV charging stations at employer workplaces can serve to reduce the amount of petroleum used for transportation and support and improve community health.
Among strategies to reduce the public health impacts of current transportation, practices are the installation of public, employee, and fleet vehicle EV charging stations.
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(Transportation toolkit) Funding for transportation programs can come from several sources: eliminating free parking (proceeds can cover the majority of program costs) as well as establishing a green revolving fund using mobile combustion fuel savings. Outside the organization, funding sources may include local, state and federal subsidies, grants, tax credits, as well as regional and municipal programs and non-profit organizations.
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(Employee engagement toolkit) Here is a sample marketing email that your system can use to internally promote the employee community-supported agriculture offering.
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(Employee engagement toolkit) Here is a sample marketing email that your system can use to internally promote the employee electric bicycle discount program.
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HealthPartners
HealthPartners celebrated Earth Day in lots of different ways in 2017 – from electronics recycling to shred events to bee-friendly plants, there was something for everyone to participate in! Events took place throughout the whole week leading up to Earth Day and all across the Twin Cities Metro area and into Western Wisconsin.
In partnership with a local non-profit organization, TechDump, the health system hosted electronic recycling events for the third year in a row.
In honor of Earth Day, and the end of tax season, HealthPartners encouraged employees to bring in their… Read More
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Providence St. Peter Hospital provides a good example of promoting ride share options to employees.
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Open this resource to view an image of the garden at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
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This logo declares your organization a proud endorser of Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR initiative.
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This banner declares your organization a proud endorser of Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR initiative.
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(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Hospitals and group purchasing organizations (GPO) can use this calculator to account for many environmental costs that occur from the purchase of products through to their disposal. By considering costs beyond the product purchase price, such as energy and water the product can require, any supplemental parts and end of life disposal, the calculator allows you to identify which product / scenario has the lowest cost of ownership and the lowest environmental cost. In addition, the calculator presents the cost of acquiring the product as a percent of the… Read More
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