Tools and resources

U.S. climate resilience: Building health care sector resilience

• Climate and Health
• Resilience

Health care organizations play a key role in community resilience. Climate change, by increasing the intensity and frequency of some extreme weather events, is creating complex hazards that challenge accepted baseline assumptions for infrastructure capabilities, redundancies, and disaster preparedness and response—and this means a need for new building design thresholds. This government…

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World Health Organization report: Operational framework for building climate resilient health systems

• Climate and Health
• Resilience

This document presents the World Health Organization (WHO) Operational framework for building climate resilient health systems. The framework responds to the demand from Member States and partners for guidance on how the health sector and its operational basis in health systems can systematically and effectively address the challenges increasingly presented by climate variability and change. This…

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Leveraging hospital community benefit to address climate change (Health Care Without Harm)

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Leadership and education
• Community Benefit

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) The community health needs assessment (CHNA) and community benefit implementation strategies provide a framework to support activities that address local health priorities and climate change. As greenhouse gas emissions increase we are witnessing environmental changes with far-reaching health implications, including some prioritized…

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Community Health Center Member Toolkit OLD3

• CHC
• Community Health Center
• Member Toolkit

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Environmentally preferred purchasing specifications and resources guide

• EPP
• EPP Resource
• Guide
• Guide
• Supply Chain

Wondering what environmental issues or questions you should ask a supplier about a specific product? We make it easy for you by providing specification or RFP language, short explanations of environmental issues relevant to that product, referrals to product lists or environmental product certifications, and links to additional resources.

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Hazardous waste characterization

• Waste
• Medical Waste
• Hazardous and universal waste
• Guide

Framework for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act It is important to know the correct classification of all of the organization's waste, as different sets of rules will apply to the facility depending on the total amounts of each type of hazardous waste generated per year. Large quantity generators (LQGs) operate under more stringent rules and more comprehensive reporting requirements…

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Green Cleaning Products

• Chemicals
• Green Cleaning

Conventional cleaning products can contain chemicals associated with respiratory irritation, skin and eye injury, ozone depletion, cancer, and indoor air problems. Based on state occupational injury reporting, janitorial staff have some of the highest on-the-job injury rates. A 2007 study in The Lancet identifies nurses as having the highest rates of work-related asthma of any occupation in the…

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Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator sponsors and partners

• Cost of Ownership

Sponsors and Steering Committee Participants: Developing the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator (Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) We are grateful for the participation and support provided over three years from over a dozen sponsors and steering committee participants who were tasked with developing a solution to a key barrier - cost - in transforming markets toward…

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Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator user community

• Cost of Ownership
• Sustainable procurement
• Leadership
• Tool
• Toolkit

(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) The user community will provide a welcome space for users of the calculator to share their experiences and learn from others. Practice Greenhealth exchange listerv  Post your questions of the Practice Greenhealth listserve community Greenhealth cost of ownership ambassador (members only) For users of the calculator, become an ambassador to…

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Employee home solar get started guide

• Engaged Leadership
• Employees
• Get Started Guide
• Guide
• Toolkit

Providing incentives and programming to employees to improve the health of their homes, families, and friends is a way to extend the “culture of caring” beyond the walls of the organization. One program that can help reduce air pollution and climate impacts in your community is to provide employees with discounts on residential solar systems. Download the Practice Greenhealth Employee Home Solar…

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