Tools and resources

Questions for suppliers about fair and safe labor practices

• Food
• Sustainable procurement

For hospitals unable to access any of the recommended certifications for a valued workforce, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth have created a list of questions to ask food suppliers. Although these questions are most appropriate for direct purchases, we encourage you to consider how they might apply to distributors and other intermediaries. Learn more about ethical food…

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Transportation toolkit executive summary

• Transportation
• Climate and Health
• Toolkit
• Executive Summary

(Transportation toolkit)  Practice Greenhealth is pleased to offer members a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems reduce their transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. The goals aim to reduce employee single occupancy vehicle rates and miles, transition fleet vehicles to alternative fuels, implement idle reduction policies and practices, and work with supply chain partners to do…

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Washington State Department of Transportation guide to employee surveys

• Transportation
• Employee transportation
• Guide

(Washington State Department of Transportation) As the employee transportation coordinator or onsite coordinator for your commute trip reduction (CTR) program, you already understand how important this program is to the employees you represent. The CTR survey is one of the most significant contributions toward growing and sustaining an effective, successful CTR program. The feedback from your…

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Transportation toolkit

• Transportation
• Toolkit

Practice Greenhealth is pleased to offer members a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems reduce their transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. The goals aim to reduce employee single occupancy vehicle rates and miles, transition fleet vehicles to alternative fuels, implement idle reduction policies and practices, and work with supply chain partners to do the same. The toolkit…

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Transportation goals

• Transportation
• Goal
• Toolkit
• Employee transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Suppliers and Deliveries

(Transportation toolkit) The Practice Greenhealth transportation goals have been developed to help hospitals create a baseline of key transportation performance metrics, set targets, and identify strategies to improve environmental and human health impacts of transportation-related activities. The goals focus on three areas of hospital-related transportation activities critical in achieving…

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How your state regulates red bag waste

• Waste
• Medical Waste

Regulated medical waste (RMW) is regulated at the state level, with each state defining what material is legally considered to be RMW (also called infectious waste, biohazardous waste or special medical waste (depending on the state) within its borders. The state regulation also typically lays out the appropriate or acceptable treatment or disinfection methods for different classes of medical…

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Electric vehicle charging station resources

• Transportation
• Electric Vehicles
• Employee transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Toolkit

(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…

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Providence St. Peter Alternative Transportation Presentation

• Exemplary Document
• Providence St. Peter Hospital
• Presentation
• Transportation

Providence St. Peter Hospital promotes alternative transportation by communicating the benefits and offering information and incentives to employees.

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Sample employee commute survey

• Transportation
• Employees
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) Employee commute surveys and data collection may also be administered by state, regional, and municipal transit authorities, non-profit organizations, and business partners. These are acceptable sources for reporting and tracking employee single-occupancy vehicles and vehicle-miles-traveled rates.

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Why transportation?

• Transportation
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) Transportation intersects with health care facilities in the ways that employees, patrons, and supplies travel to and from hospitals and satellite facilities, all of which contribute to poor air quality, hospital greenhouse gas emissions, and adverse environmental and community health outcomes. The health care sector is in a position to model and advocate for alternative…

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