About Us

Practice Greenhealth is the source for environmental solutions for the healthcare sector and lends support to create better, safer, greener workplaces and communities.

Practice Greenhealth is a nonprofit membership organization founded on the principles of positive environmental stewardship and best practices by organizations in the healthcare community. This exciting collaboration has emerged from the merging of three powerful initiatives improving environmental performance in healthcare: Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, the Green Guide for Health Care and the Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange.

Goals

Sustainable health care that’s good for the environment, good for patients and staff, and good for the bottom line means action plans to eliminate mercury, reduce and recycle solid waste, reduce regulated and chemical waste, reduce energy and water consumption, create healing environments, and establish green purchasing policies. Our overriding goals:

• Prevent, reduce and otherwise make less waste in the health care sector
• Achieve carbon neutrality in health care
• Reduce energy and water usage
• Build, renovate and purchase responsibly
• Demonstrate mission through respectful work environments
• Engage community on environmental sustainability in design, construction, and operations
• Lead the way in responsible buildings and operations
• Increase recycling programs
• Phase out hazardous substances and toxic chemicals