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This interactive session was designed to introduce affiliate premium partners to the Practice Greenhealth network and to spark conversations or kickoff collaboration opportunities. Ecolab and ODP Solutions shared information about their companies' sustainability efforts and achievements and engaged attendees in discussions about advancing health care sustainability.
Type: Event
130 hospitals – and counting – have signed the Coolfood Pledge, an international, cross-sector effort to achieve food-related greenhouse gas reduction. Several hospitals and health systems have already met or even surpassed the goal of 38% per plate GHG reduction, with a 15.7% average reduction – and some Practice Greenhealth partners have achieved as much as a 54% reduction.
Check out the champions
Type: Press
Earn recognition for your sustainability program
Validate your hard work and share your successes with the Practice Greenhealth network by participating in the Environmental Excellence Awards program.
The data collected helps facilities like yours generate deeper insights to guide their sustainability initiatives and set goals for future programming.
As a partner facility, you can use the awards application and personalized reports to:
Develop your sustainability baseline.
Benchmark and compare performance to peers.
Identify areas of opportunity.
Engage coworkers in action.
Earn… Read More
Type: Press
It is with a mix of sadness and gratitude that we announce Paul Bogart’s departure as Executive Director of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, effective summer 2025.
Since 2011, Paul has been a pivotal force in our organization, contributing to our growth and success. His inspiring leadership has led to significant accomplishments:
Expanding our network: Our Practice Greenhealth partner network has grown to encompass 1,700 hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and Canada, including Veterans Administration and Army MedCom facilities. This represents 1 in 4 health… Read More
Type: Press
HealthPartners has created an energy management plan that provides structure, guidance, and organization on how HealthPartners manages its operations, construction, and renovations with respect to energy efficiency. This plan focuses on integrating efficiency and sustainability strategies to improve performance, lower costs, and conserve natural resources and is intended to support enterprise programs by providing guidance and suggestions of best management practices that should be considered.
Type: Resources
Sustainability governance structures are put in place to ensure progress on sustainability initiatives. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s governance structure includes a high-level steering committee, and a range of topical working groups and task forces. They also have a network of local leaders who implement and integrate sustainability into departments on the ground.
Type: Resources
Charters define logistics, roles, responsibilities, priorities, and interdependencies of a sustainability program’s structure. Mayo Clinic’s Florida sustainability subcommittee charter begins with a purpose statement, outlining the reporting structure to the system level sustainability committee and highlighting the working relationship between governance structures at multiple levels.
Type: Resources
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Practice Greenhealth is the health care sector’s go-to source for information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help hospitals and health systems meet their health, financial, and community goals.
Who We Are
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.