• Enable military hospitals and clinics through Sustainability Teams
• Develop and enforce policies
• Annual data call
• Accountability

• Cross-functional support and engagement
• Work with Commands and host installations

• Capture trend data
• Industry benchmarking
• Recognize achievements

• Third party validation of sustainability efforts
• Trend data; relevant metrics
• Facility report cards to compare against National facilities/peers (mostly hospitals/ambulatory care centers)
• Review and revise questions to reflect emerging issue areas
• Knowledge sharing through webinars, SME access, training, and case study results

This EPA calculator expresses quantities of GHGs in terms of metrics such as number of cars, gallons of gasoline, acres of forest, etc. This calculator is useful for expressing GHG reductions or emissions in a way that is easier to comprehend.

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ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Results are already adding up. Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2009 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 30 million cars - all while saving nearly $17 billion on their utility bills.

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Practice Greenhealth created the Greenhealth Academy to offer innovative, essential information through programs covering all aspects of sustainability in health care. The trusted source for vetted, cutting-edge information, Greenhealth Academy offers webinars, eLearning, sharing calls, and face-to-face programs designed for all functional areas of green teams within the health care sector.

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Interactive resource which contains regulated medical waste  definitions, statues, and guidelines for each state.

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The Environmental Protection Agency put together a site of resource, events, and ideas to assit in planning for Earth Day on April 22nd if each year.

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• If the U.S. health care system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions!¹
• Within the U.S., health care comprises 10% of greenhouse gas emissions²
• The DOD considers climate change to be a serious threat to national security and international stability, referring to it as a “threat multiplier”³
• Air pollution kills at least 7 million people worldwide every year⁴
• Sustainability saves!  The 327 hospitals that submitted data to PGH in 2018 saved $68 million on sustainability initiatives⁵

Sources

1. Matthew J. Eckelman, Jodi Sherman. Environmental Impacts of the U.S. Health Care System and Effects on Public Health. PLOS ONE, 2016; 11 (6): e0157014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157014
2. Health Care Without Harm Climate Action Playbook: https://climatecouncil.noharm.org/
3. Defense News: https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2021/01/27/climate-change-is-now-a-national-security-priority-for-the-pentagon/
4. World Health Organization
5. Practice Greenhealth