Tools and resources

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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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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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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