Tools and resources

NorthShore University Health System 2016

• Education
• Exemplary Document
• NorthShore University HealthSystem
• Presentation
• Report

The NorthShore Corporate Green Team provides and facilitates ideas and solutions to promote and sustain a healthier environment for staff, patients and their families, and the community.  This is achieved by continuously assessing and implementing opportunities to improve consumption and waste management practices in an environmentally responsible, efficient, and cost-effective manner without…

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Environmental Commitment Statement Mayo Rochester 2016

• Exemplary Document
• Mayo Clinic
• Pledge
• Policy

Mayo Clinic is dedicated to improving the health of its patients and staff through excellence in the practice of medicine.  Recognizing the link between environmental health and public health, Mayo Clinic is committed to fiscally responsible environment protection practices that benefit the health of  patients, staff, and communities. Therefore, Mayo Clinic exercises a thoughtful and…

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Example of ROI or Green revolving fund NorthShore University Health System 2016

• Exemplary Document
• ROI
• NorthShore University HealthSystem
• food waste
• Report

Through evaluation of its food waste disposal process, NorthShore Highland Park Hospital identified problem areas and opportunities to make improvements. This led the hospital to recommend the purchase of a digester system to handle food waste, which would lead to a positive return on investment. View the linked resource to read the report and cost-benefit analysis the hospital conducted.

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Nursing Advocate Christ 2016

• Employee engagement
• Education
• Examplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Presentation

Advocate Health Care believes in caring for patients by caring for the environment. There are direct links between the health of the environment and human health, and health care facilities and employees can have an impact in reducing emissions, waste, and the use of harmful chemicals. Advocate Health Care actively promotes sustainability and educates its employees how they can participate in…

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Spectrum 2016

• Employee engagement
• Exemplary Document
• Spectrum Health
• Presentation
• Education

Spectrum Health believes that environmental stewardship is important. A focus on sustainability results in better experiences for patients, employees, and the community and can help achieve economic benefits for the organization. The sustainability program at Spectrum emphasizes improvements in operational performance, energy use, waste handling, procurement practices, and chemical use. Open this…

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Leadership Walks Talks Virginia Mason Medical Center 2016

• Exemplary Document
• Engaged Leadership
• Virginia Mason Medical Center
• Report

Stewardship is a key aspect of the culture at Virginia Mason, as we strive to carefully manage the resources that keep our community in good health. One area of stewardship that is often overlooked in health care is the need to protect the environment. We know it makes good sense to reduce pollution for future generations. At an industry level, health care has lagged behind in taking proactive…

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Legacy Health 2016

• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Legacy Health
• Guide
• Policy

The current sustainability program at Legacy Health is built around the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) model which includes six areas of focus: engaged leadership, healthier food, leaner energy, less waste, safer chemicals and smarter purchasing. In addition, Legacy has added commute trip reduction as a discrete category to the program. Even though significant progress is being made in each…

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Kaiser Permanente Irvine: Posters

• Water
• Kaiser Permanente
• Kaiser Permanente Irvine
• Exemplary Document
• Poster

Concerned with growing water scarcity, water-quality risks, and increasing water costs, among other factors, Kaiser Permanente has stepped up its efforts to conserve water by lowering their water consumption  and reducing chemical waste and other hazards that pollute.

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Gundersen Health System: Tech-based measuring for food waste prevention

• Food
• Food Case Study
• Case Study
• Gundersen
• Waste
• Food
• food waste
• Toolkit

 A Practice Greenhealth Case Study “If you can do something to reduce the waste, you’re doing the right thing for the environment, you’re saving money, and you’re doing something that’s socially responsible. It’s a win-win-win all the way around.”  – Tom Thompson. Gundersen Health Systems' baseline revealed they were throwing out an average of half a ton of food every week — approximately 24…

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HealthPartners: Composting and animal feeding to reduce food waste

• Food
• Case Study
• HealthPartners
• food waste
• Waste
• Toolkit

A Practice Greenhealth Case Study “Organics recycling and food waste diversion remain very important to us, and we are slowly but surely working to expand both the number of facilities with organics recycling and the types of materials that can be recycled.” – Allison Egan, HealthPartners Sustainability Consultant HealthPartners wanted to reduce sending organic waste to the landfill. They…

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