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Listen to all the ways policy advocacy plays a role in advancing your sustainability efforts. Learn to navigate government levels to drive broader change and highlight your unique accomplishments. Hear firsthand from U.S. Health Care Climate Council members Providence and Boston Medical Center about their experience in climate and sustainability-oriented policy advocacy and discover how to engage internal teams like communications and government affairs on sustainability policy opportunities. This session will give you actionable insights into how to engage in policy work, no matter where you… Read More
Type: Event
Change happens through people. A successful sustainability program builds a culture that embodies its environmental mission within the assumptions and beliefs of its staff – sustainability then becomes everybody’s job. Further, engaged staff are often willing to play a role in interorganizational collaboration, influencing the supply chain and other key stakeholders.
This session identified key stakeholders, communication tools, proven engagement practices, and clinical engagement opportunities, and how to avoid pitfalls. Facilitators also guided participants through a series of interactive… Read More
Type: Event
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.
This session taught attendees the basics of sustainability governance, including core documents, structures, staffing, stakeholders, and resourcing. Facilitators also guided participants through discussions on key… Read More
Type: Event
Sustainability programs that align with organizational priorities will gain senior leadership’s support and lead to long-term success. Most 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 essential, and so is resourcing it. Acquiring leadership support can sometimes be a tall order.
This session prepared attendees to make a pitch to executive leadership by focusing on which channels of appeal and… Read More
Type: Event
Spectrum Health System is adopting energy-efficient operating strategies to improve performance, lower costs and conserve natural resources. The Spectrum Health Energy Management Team will support the development and implementation of the energy management plan by providing resources and guidance to promote responsible energy management practices on a system wide and local entity approach.
Type: Resources
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.
This session covered goal setting, data governance, and developing baseline data. Facilitators also guided participants through a series of interactive exercises to develop… Read More
Type: Event
The food page of the Environmental Excellence Awards application not only helps tell your story, but quantifies the results of your work to promote a sustainable, equitable, climate-friendly food system. The questions align with global and national goals, and reflect Practice Greenhealth's partnerships with leading organizations, such as the World Resource Institute, the Healthcare Anchor Network, and ReFED.
John Stoddard, Associate Director of Climate and Food Solutions, and Katie Pittman, Awards Program Manager, walked through the food data collected in the application and explained what… Read More
Type: Event
Unleash your creativity and submit a video that celebrates the unsung heroes, innovative strategies, and transformative approaches driving progress in your organization. This is your opportunity to share untold stories that inspire and uplift the Practice Greenhealth community.
The Sustainability in action video contest is your chance to shine a spotlight on your hospital and health system’s groundbreaking achievements. Share your inspiring stories of resilience, equity, climate mitigation, and sustainability with a broader audience – and gain well-deserved recognition.
The contest… Read More
Type: Press
Health Care Without Harm, in partnership with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Charlotte Brody Award.
The award honors Charlotte Brody, a registered nurse and activist, and a founder of Health Care Without Harm, who has dedicated her career to making a safer, healthier environment through sustainability. The award recognizes nurses who go beyond everyday nursing endeavors to proactively promote and protect environmental health – and who generate significant outcomes from their efforts.
We are looking for active or retired nurses who… Read More
Type: Press
“Our team shared information with staff about not only what we were doing but why. If you want buy-in from the people preparing and serving the items you’ve created, they need to be a part of it and support it. Frontline staff represent everything you’re trying to showcase. Without their support, you will lose momentum, and your patients and customers will not see the importance of the changes being made.”
– Jill Martin, senior director of food and nutrition services.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Food production accounts for approximately 25% of global greenhouse emissions and contributes to… Read More
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