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Coolfood for health care presentation
The Coolfood Pledge helps dining facilities – from hotels and restaurants to universities, schools, hospitals, and workplace cafeterias – cut their food-related greenhouse gas emissions by increasing and improving their plant-forward menu options.This 30-minute presentation discusses how food production contributes to climate change, how your hospital can employ low and no-cost solutions to…
2023 sustainability data
- Benchmark Report
Ethical food purchasing
This position paper describes health care’s role in protecting workers, community health, and the planet through procurement and advocacy.
Food purchasing standards: Accepted certifications and label claims by product category
This resource includes the accepted certifications and label claims by product category for an organization to meet the food purchasing standards.
Food purchasing standards: Accepted certifications and label claims by value category
Food purchasing standards: Accepted certifications and label claims by value category is a document to support organizations in navigating the criteria, definitions, certifications and attributes, measures, and strategies to support and evaluate values-based procurement efforts.
Sutter Health: Food recovery for healthier communities
“Not only does this project impact greenhouse gasses from keeping food waste out of the landfill, it is also about dollars saved, which is important to hospital administrators, and then there is the food rescue piece which is what is really important to our community.” – Jack Breezee, Sutter Health regional director of food and nutrition services Sutter Health knew they were wasting food…
Climate and food infographics
Educate your patrons about how a plant-forward diet supports the environment with these fun and engaging resources. An infographic (two design options below) illustrates the benefits of choosing a plant-forward meal and can be used to educate and reinforce patrons' good feelings after purchasing climate-friendly food. A consumer-facing webpage practicegreenhealth.org/plantforwardpower …
2022 sustainability data
- Benchmark Report
Sustainable food
The video below will provide an overview of the Impact Purchasing Commitment renewable electricity goal, rationale, data collection requirements, and supporting resources. Remote video URL
Questions for suppliers about fair and safe labor practices
- Food
- Sustainable procurement
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