Best practices to green healthcare

Health system's sustainability strategy focuses on five key areas

Health system Kaiser Permanente’s sustainability strategy focuses on five key areas: climate and energy; safer chemicals; water conservation; sustainable food; and waste reduction, according to an article on the Green Biz website.

Best practices include:

• Starting a reprocessing program

• Buying safer cleaning products

• Purchasing meat without antibiotics and serving less meat

• Purchasing flame-retardant-free furniture

• Talking about climate change as a health issue

U.S. hospitals contribute 8 percent of our total carbon footprint, creating 2 million tons of waste annually.

Read the article.

August 13, 2015

Topic Area: Energy Efficiency

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