Tools and resources

HealthPartners: Earth Day event ideas

• Earth Day
• HealthPartners
• Exemplary Document

This is an exemplary document from HealthPartners, a list of Earth Day events for 2018 the system created as a resource for its hospitals and clinics to support celebrations. Earth Day is coming up in April, and local engagement is important to our commitment to sustainability. In April, we hope you’ll help your team learn a little more about sustainability at HealthPartners – and maybe even do…

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Health Partners: Earth Day Bingo

• Earth Day
• HealthPartners
• Examplary Document
• Tool

This is an exemplary document from HealthPartners. The health system provided a list of Earth Day events for 2018 as a resource for its hospitals and clinics to support celebrations. Among them was an Earth Day Bingo game from Burnsville Park Nicollet. This Word document can be modified for your facility. 

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Connecting climate and human health poster template

• Climate and Health
• Print Materials
• Poster
• Tool

Practice Greenhealth provides a template that can be edited to make a poster on climate and human health. Use the increasing levels of ozone smog and local data on asthma and respiratory disease to illustrate how climate and human health intersect.

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Sample Sustainability Supplier Code of Conduct

• EPP
• Engaged Leadership
• Supply Chain
• Exemplary Document
• Inova Health

Inova Health System is committed to creating an environmental program that contributes to a safer and healthier environment for patients, employees and community. Inova’s Supplier Sustainability Code of Conduct shares our value to work with suppliers and partners that are committed to integrating environmentally sustainability principles in their practices and conduct themselves accordingly. 

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Sample VP of Supply Chain Letter

• EPP
• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Supply Chain
• Inova Health

Sample letter to the VP of suply chain asking for support in purchasing environmentally preferable products and services, which are are essential components of a sustainable health care system.

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Sample GPO CEO Letter

• EPP
• Engaged Leadership
• Supply Chain
• Exemplary Document
• Inova Health

Sample letter to the CEO of a group purchasing organization asking for support in purchasing environmentally preferable products and services, which are are essential components of a sustainable health care system.

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Ride Electric Utility Vehicle made in Princeton, MN

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document
• Electric Vehicles

This is a photo of an E-Ride electric utility vehicle made in Princeton, Minnesota.

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Environmental considerations for capital, electric, or electronic devices

• Energy
• Leaner Energy
• Guide
• Devices
• Sustainable procurement

Asking questions about environmental attributes of electric and electronic equipment can help healthcare organizations identify suppliers who are taking the lead to reduce their use of toxic chemicals and materials.  This guide will show you how to differentiate environmental leaders for capital equipment, electronic devices, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, and anything that…

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Corporate environmental responsibility questions for service contracts

• Sustainable procurement
• Tool

Hospitals in the Practice Greenhealth network are committed to contracting with companies who are committed to environmental stewardship. Corporate environmental responsibility is generally defined as the duty to cover the environmental implications of the company’s operations, products and facilities, eliminate waste and emissions, maximize the efficiency and productivity of its resources, and…

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Washington Hospital Earth Day event poster

• Earth Day
• Exemplary Document
• Washington Hospital

A poster promoting an Earth Day event sponsored by Washington Hospital and the city of Fremont, Calif.

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