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(World Bank and Health Care Without Harm) In its title, the report coins the term Climate-Smart Health Care, an approach that sets forth both low-carbon and resilience strategies. These strategies are designed for the development community, ministries of health, hospitals and health systems to deploy while addressing the health impacts of climate change.
James Close, Director of the World Bank’s Climate Change Group and Olusoji Adeyi Director of Health, Nutrition, and Population at the Bank jointly write: "The health sector has a substantial role to play in both mitigating climate change… Read More
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Sanjeev has two decades of professional experience in the information technology industry, providing strategic and technical leadership to IT departments. He has a wealth of experience in nonprofit IT management, business processes, and leading technology and project teams. Sanjeev has a graduate degree in computer engineering and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunications. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife and two daughters.
Type: Staff
Paul brings more than three decades of diverse nonprofit management and leadership to the organization. Prior to joining Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth in 2011, Paul served as director of programs for the Healthy Building Network, as programs director at the international environmental organization Greenpeace, and as strategic campaigns coordinator for the United Steelworkers of America. His mix of strategic program development and innovative program structures brings critical experience to the integration, growth, and success of the organization.
Type: Staff
Christopher’s role at Practice Greenhealth is to help the sector become more sustainable through data collection, analysis, and reporting. He works with Cecilia DeLoach Lynn on the Sector Performance team to create dynamic metrics and data parameters to maximize both, accessibility of data, as well as what can be learned. Christopher’s vision is to create a circumstance where metrics are aligned with fiscal and social responsibilities in the health care sector as to naturally incentivize leaders to become more sustainable. Christopher oversees the Healthier Hospitals data collection and… Read More
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Folasade works on our food is medicine/values-based purchasing initiative in the eastern region. She brings exceptional program planning and management skills, with a robust background in public health. She previously worked as a research program coordinator at the University of Georgia, where she oversaw food system initiatives between the university and Spelman College through the Sustainability Food Systems Initiative. Based in Atlanta, she is passionate about food justice. She enjoys macarons, a good musical, and is on a mission to find the best brunch spots in Atlanta.
Type: Staff
Johnson & Johnson is composed of three business segments—Medical Devices, Consumer, and Pharmaceutical. This case study features an employee engagement strategy for Citizenship & Sustainability that began in the Medical Device businesses, which in 2014 accounted for approximately 37 percent of the company’s revenue, and includes brands such as: Ethicon, Depuy Synthes, Advanced Sterilization Products, and Biosense Webster.
Type: Resources
Establishing good governance is critical for advancing sustainability. Good governance promotes clarity, accountability, and transparency, and allows human, natural, economic, and financial resources to be managed efficiently. While governance does not guarantee a strong foundation, its absence severely limits a sustainability program’s success and can, at worst, impede it. Join this session to learn the basics of sustainability governance including core documents, structures, staffing, stakeholders, and resourcing.
Key takeaways:
Learn how to develop or refine the best sustainability… Read More
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Kara most recently worked as Community Organized Relief Effort’s program officer for knowledge management and organizational learning. In this role, she strengthened program learning and impact across global teams, led program reviews, and supported responses to climate-related crises. Kara also spent over a decade building welcoming communities at the Idaho Office for Refugees. She is passionate about learning, exploring new places, and drinking really good coffee.
Type: Staff
Sustainability programs that align with organizational priorities will gain senior leadership’s support and lead to long-term success. The vast majority of top-performing health organizations have an executive-level champion at the top of their sustainability reporting structure. This brings credibility and authority to a sustainability program, setting a tone from the top that this work is important, and so is resourcing it. Acquiring leadership support can sometimes be a tall order. Join this session to learn how to prepare a pitch to executive leadership and which channels of appeal and… Read More
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By collecting and analyzing data on a wide range of factors – including energy and resource use, GHG emissions, waste, supply chain performance, and more – hospitals can generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve their resource efficiency. Measurement is one of the keys to management, and data empowers leaders to make decisions based on facts, trends, and statistics. Join this session to learn about goal setting, data governance, and developing baseline data.
Key takeaways:
Gain new ways of approaching short- and long-term goal-setting in… Read More
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