Sustainability solutions for health care
Practice Greenhealth is the leading membership and networking organization for sustainable health care, delivering environmental solutions to hospitals and health systems across the United States.
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Buildings
Promote green and healthy health care facility design, construction, renovation and operations in order to minimize environmental impacts and foster restorative and sustainable healing environments.
Read moreChemicals
Work with health care to eliminate harmful chemicals or substitute them with safer alternatives while minimizing chemical exposure of patients, health care workers, communities, and the environment.
Read moreClimate and Health
Health systems and health professionals are implementing business-smart initiatives that also protect their communities from increased diseases and more frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change.
Read MoreEnergy
Accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency while promoting clean, renewable energy in health care, mobilizing the sector as a leader for a healthy energy future for all.
Read moreEngaged Leadership
Almost 90 percent of the top-performing institutions in our sustainability benchmark report have an executive-level champion at the top of the reporting structure.
Read moreFood
Promote, purchase, and serve sustainably grown, healthy food to improve environmental health, build better food systems, and address the upstream social and economic determinants of non-communicable diseases.
Read MoreGreening the OR
Though a tiny percentage of a hospital’s total physical footprint, operating rooms can drive big facilities’ cost savings and efficiency improvements through smart, incremental, sustainable practices.
Read MoreSustainable Procurement
Sustainability professionals and purchasing managers should work together to embed sustainability into purchasing processes and engage suppliers to provide innovative, sustainable products with a reduced impact on human health and the environment.
Read MoreTransportation
Promote transportation strategies for patients, their families, and staff that support healthier local and regional transport systems while reducing health care's environmental impact.
Read MoreWaste
Promote zero waste policies, reduce the volume and toxicity of waste produced by the health care sector, and implement safe, sustainable disposal options as alternatives to incineration.
Read MoreWater
Reducing water consumption is a great place for hospitals and health systems to start improving their environmental impact and sustainability practices.
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Health Care Culinary Contest is back
Health care culinary professionals across the country are taking their menus to new levels in creativity and flavor, all powered by plants. The contest runs from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30.
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CleanMed 2024 registration is now open
CleanMed will bring us together May 21-23 in Salt Lake City to connect, share, and build upon solutions for a more sustainable health care sector. As the premier health care sustainability conference, CleanMed offers the strategies, tools, and connections you need to make progress toward your goals. Register soon to have your CleanMed attendance costs included in your organization’s budget before the end of 2023. Take advantage of our early bird rates by Dec. 15. Learn more and register at CleanMed.org
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New monthly forums to help you conduct a GHG inventory
Following the successful launch of our Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator, Practice Greenhealth will host monthly workshops beginning in November that will walk you through how to perform a complete greenhouse gas inventory. Bring your questions to this real-time solutions forum, where you will learn tips and tricks from other Practice Greenhealth partners. Register today for these 75-minute forums: Nov. 16 (Recording) - Scope 1 (stationary combustion, mobile fleet combustion, and fugitive emissions) Dec. 14 - Scope 2 (purchased electricity, steam, heat, or cooling) Jan. 18 - Scope 3 categories 1 (purchased goods and services), 2 (capital goods), and 3 (fuel- and energy-related activities) Feb. 15 - Scope 3 categories 4 (upstream transportation and distribution), 6 (business travel), 7 (employee commuting), and 9 (downstream transportation and distribution) March 21 - Scope 3 categories 5 (waste generated in operations), 11 (use of sold products), and 12 (end-of-life treatments of sold products) April 18 - Scope 3 category 15 (investments)
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CleanMed 2024 registration is now open
CleanMed will bring us together May 21-23 in Salt Lake City to connect, share, and build upon solutions for a more sustainable health care sector. As the premier health care sustainability conference, CleanMed offers the strategies, tools, and connections you need to make progress toward your goals. Register soon to have your CleanMed attendance costs included in your organization’s budget before the end of 2023. Take advantage of our early bird rates by Dec. 15. Learn more and register at CleanMed.org
Read MoreNew monthly forums to help you conduct a GHG inventory
Following the successful launch of our Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator, Practice Greenhealth will host monthly workshops beginning in November that will walk you through how to perform a comp...
Read MorePartner-exclusive workshop for planning a successful waste management project or program
Join Practice Greenhealth at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT Nov. 2 to walk through a new process planning template for sustainable waste management projects and programs.
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