Since the White House and HHS launched the "Health Sector Climate Pledge" in 2022, the health care sector has increasingly focused on climate resilience planning. To support that important work, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth have collaborated with a cohort of health systems to co-create this guidance to assist those engaged in any stage of the resilience planning process.
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Create an action plan to reduce your hospital or health care facility's GHG emissions by identifying and prioritizing possible interventions. Identify interventions by scope, activity, or category and estimate the costs and savings of each intervention in terms of dollars, the return on investment (ROI), or reduction in metric tons of carbon-dioxide-equivalent (MTCO2e), an industry standard measure. The plan also includes space to recognize potential challenges that may arise during intervention implementation to allow for a comprehensive and transparent process.
The health sector must work collaboratively with health care suppliers to decarbonize the supply chain and build climate resilience for the entire value chain.
This guide provides actionable steps and sample materials to assist health systems and community organizations in conducting an exercise aimed at identifying vulnerabilities and inequities and preparing for climate impacts.
This paper provides a strategic framework for health care systems to improve the climate resilience of their facilities and the communities they serve, with real-world examples of health systems taking meaningful action.
This tool provides a spend-based methodology for health systems and hospitals to calculate their Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across all 15 GHG Protocol categories. The accompanying How-to Guide provides a step-by-step process for accounting for a health care organization’s Scope 3 GHG emissions.
Published: December 1, 2020
The circular economy model is a new way of looking at the relationships among markets, customers, and natural resources. This concept means moving away from the traditional “take-make dispose” economic model to one that is regenerative by design. The goal is to retain as much value as possible from resources, products, and materials and create a system that allows for long lifespans, optimal reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and recycling.
This customizable RFP is based on nation-leading work by Partners HealthCare provided in partnership with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission and Health Care Without Harm.
Published: August 12, 2020
Practice Greenhealth’s Visionary Leader Award annually recognizes a senior-level health care executive who has effectively advocated for sustainability and environmental stewardship into health care operations through innovative strategies and mentorship.
Published: August 7, 2020
For the third year in a row, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center received Practice Greenhealth’s Greening the OR Leadership Award for their industry-leading, comprehensive program.
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