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Tools and resources

2014 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

  • Benchmark Report
  • 2014
  • Report
Practice Greenhealth's 2014 edition of the annual health care Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting the achievements of the 2014 award-winning facilities. This report provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of how hospitals are progressing in their commitment to environmental stewardship. This year’s report is organized into ten separate benchmarking profiles on the different…

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2015 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

  • Benchmark Report
  • 2015
  • Report
Practice Greenhealth’s 2015 Sustainability Benchmark Report highlights the achievements of the 2015 Environmental Excellence award winners—a set of 220 hospitals who are setting the standard for health care environmental stewardship. This year’s data set is based on reported activities during the 2014 calendar/fiscal year and is organized into ten distinct benchmarking profiles on the different…

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2016 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

  • Benchmark Report
  • 2016
  • Report
Practice Greenhealth’s 2016 Sustainability Benchmark Report highlights the achievements of the 2016 Environmental Excellence award winners. More than 300 hospitals provided data for this year’s report, with combined savings of more than $92 million across a range of environmental program areas. The new report provides not only a benchmarking comparison for hospitals already engaged in the work,…

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2017 Sustainability Benchmark Data Tables

  • Benchmark Report
  • Data
Practice Greenhealth’s benchmark reporting represents the nation’s premier analysis of sustainability performance data for the health care sector. The 355 hospitals in this year’s data set saved more than $826 million on a range of different sustainable programs over the course of 2016, while deepening relationships with their communities and better supporting a more expansive definition of…

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Sustainability data tables 2017

University of Washington Medical Center: Energy reduction plan

  • Energy
  • Leaner Energy
  • Case Study
  • University of Washington
  • Energy Case Study
The University of Washington Medical Center provides a case study in utility cost reduction involving assessment of and improvements to its HVAC, water, and waste management systems.

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Environmental Preferable Purchasing Policy Seattle Children's 2016

  • EPP
  • Exemplary Document
  • Seattle Children's Hospital
  • Purchasing
  • Policy
Seattle Children’s Hospital has implemented a policy that demonstrates commitment to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Procurement (EPP) in support of the hospital's mission to improve the health of patients and families, staff, and the community. Seattle Children’s will evaluate the environmental impacts (e.g., waste, toxicity) of products and services in an effort to select healthy…

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Environmental Purchasing Policy Legacy Good Samaritan 2016

  • EPP
  • Exemplary Document
  • Legacy Health
  • Policy
  • Purchasing
In support of our mission to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve, Legacy Health Supply Chain staff are committed to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP). We will evaluate products and services for conformance to these principles (e.g., waste, toxicity). Legacy is committed to seeking suppliers that develop environmentally friendly products that…

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Kaiser Permanente 2016

  • Engaged Leadership
  • Exemplary Document
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Report
Kaiser Permanente's environmental stewardship program is anchored in promoting the health of communities. Healthier communities with healthier people are more resilient to disease. By eliminating or mitigating environmental contributors to disease, we help people lead healthier lives. To encourage healthy environments, we lead or support innovative efforts throughout our organization to decrease…

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MedStar 2016

  • Engaged Leadership
  • Employee engagement
  • Exemplary Document
  • MedStar
  • Report
  • Marketing
The August 2015 monthly newsletter from the Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment features notable achievements by MedStar facilities. MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center implemented a successful waste segregation program that decreased regulated medical waste and increased recycling inside the operating rooms, while MedStar Montgomery Medical Center held ten sustainability and wellness…

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Stony Brook University Medical Center 2016

  • Engaged Leadership
  • Exemplary Document
  • Stony Brook University Medical Center
  • Report
  • Greenhouse Gas
On August 26, 2009, Stony Brook University Hospital signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pledging to become an environmental steward by implementing a number of green initiatives that would reduce its carbon footprint and further improve our planet’s environment. This partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Stony Brook University Hospital has resulted in…

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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.