/ en Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:31:15 -0500 Wed, 23 Jul 25 14:43:34 -0500 /news/videos/2018-01-05-jim-hinton-ceo-baylor-scott-white-health-concerted-approach-affordability <div class="hs-responsive-embed-youtube"></div> <div class="hs-responsive-embed-youtube"> </div> Fri, 05 Jan 2018 05:49:58 -0600 Supply chain management /news/headline/2025-07-23-fda-alerts-baxter-infusion-pump-issue <p>The Food and Drug Administration July 22 released an early <a href="https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/early-alert-infusion-pump-issue-baxter" target="_blank">alert</a> for Novum IQ large volume infusion pumps by Baxter. The company stated that the pump has potential for underinfusion when transitioning to a higher flow rate. The FDA said Baxter has reported 79 serious injuries and two deaths associated with the issue as of June 27.</p> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:43:34 -0500 Supply chain management /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; top: 0px; height:100%; left:0px; } .LogoInsert img{ max-width:500px; max-height:125px; top:calc(50% - 125px/2); left:calc(100% + 50px); position:absolute; } .LogoInsert h1{ position:absolute; left:0px; bottom:0px; width:500px; opacity:0; margin: 0px; padding: 0; } @media (max-width:640px) { .LogoBG { object-fit: cover; height: 200px; } .LogoInsert img { max-width: 250px; left: calc(100% + 15px); top: calc(50% - 112px/2); background-color: #00584499; padding: 25px; border-radius: 30px 0px; } } @media (max-width:320px) { .LogoBG { height: 150px; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"> <img alt="Banner Image - Glass Earth sitting in a hand over tall grass" class="LogoBG" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sustainability-roadmap-web-home-banner-1170x250.jpg"> <div class="LogoInsert"> <img alt="Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care | Achieving Your Sustainability Goals - Logo" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/SustainabilityRoadmap_Logo_Hor-white_700x217.png"></div> </header> </div> .shcIntro{ background-color:#78be2022; padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h1, .shcIntro h2, .shcIntro h3 { color: #005844; text-align: center; } .shcIntro h1{ font-size:2em; } .shcIntro h2{ font-size:1.6em; } shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } <div class="shcIntro"><h1>The Business Case to Environmental Stewardship</h1></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 25px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome:hover, .TocMini .TocMiniChild:hover { text-transform: ; color: #5fa1d0; } .TocMini .TocMiniActive{ font-weight: 700; color: #5fa1d0; } /* TocMini // */ <div class="TocMini"> <div class="TocMiniBar"> <a class="TocMiniHome" href="/sustainability" target="_blank" title="Home - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care">Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care</a> <div class="TocMiniGroup"> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability for Health Care Facilities">Sustainability for Health Care Facilities</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="/sustainability/glossary" target="_blank" title="Glossary">Glossary</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> .btn-primary { background-color: #005844; } .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:25px; } .shcHighlight h3{ color:#333; font-size:16px; text-align:center; margin:0px } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } p.center_Lead, ul li.center_Lead{ color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 20px; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-7"><p class="center_Lead">Sustainability and environmental stewardship are transformational for each health care organization — and the sector as a whole. The business concepts “Create Value” and “Reinforce the Mission” help to show the importance of sustainability and decarbonization. Adapting these examples to your own organization and community will make an even more compelling case.</p><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5"> <div data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="82c58bca-9296-40b2-8941-0c6929d9ef6b" data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div class="antibot-no-js antibot-message antibot-message-warning">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.</div> <div id="edit-sustainability-menu-code" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .webform-submission-form { margin: 0em auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0 0px; .ResourceHolder-1 { background-color: #78be2022; padding: 25px 9px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0; width: 100% } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 { color: ; line-height: 18px; 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margin-bottom: 20px; } h2.SessionTitle { font-weight: 700; background-color: #00584422; color: #005844; padding: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 33px; } .SessionEvents { margin-bottom: 30px; display:inline-block; } .SessionEvents br { margin-bottom: 10px; } .SessionEvents h3 { font-size: 30px; } .SessionEvents h4 { color: #9d2235; } .SessionEvents ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; } .SessionEvents ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .SessionEvents ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color: #78be20; text-indent: -20px; padding-right: 10px; } .SessionEvents ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } .SessionEvents img { margin-top: 25px; } <div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Value"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Create Value</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h3>A strong environmental stewardship proposition links to value creation in five essential ways.</h3><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table-bordered table-striped"><tbody><tr><th> </th><td>Strong environmental stewardship proposition (examples)</td><td>Weak environmental stewardship proposition (examples)</td></tr><tr><th>Top-line growth</th><td>Attract B2B and B2C customers with more sustainable products<br>Achieve better access to resources through stronger community and government relations</td><td>Lose customers through poor sustainability practices (eg, human rights, supply chain) or a perception of unsustainable/unsafe products<br>Lose access to resources (including from operational shutdowns) as a result of poor community and labor relations</td></tr><tr><th>Cost reductions</th><td>Lower energy consumption Reduce water intake</td><td>Generate unnecessary waste and pay correspondingly higher waste-disposal costs<br>Expend more in packaging costs</td></tr><tr><th>Regulatory and legal interventions</th><td>Achieve greater strategic freedom through deregulation<br>Earn subsides and government support</td><td>Suffer restrictions on advertising and point of sale<br>Incur fines, penalties, and enforcement actions</td></tr><tr><th>Productivity uplift</th><td>Boost employee motivation<br>Attract talent through greater social credibility</td><td>Deal with “social stigma,” which restricts talent pool<br>Lose talent as a result of weak purpose</td></tr><tr><th>Investment and asset optimization</th><td>Enhance investment returns by better allocating capital for the long term (eg, more sustainable plant and equipment)<br>Avoid investments that may not pay off because of longer-term environmental issues</td><td>Suffer stranded assets as a result of premature write-downs<br>Fall behind competitors that have invested to be less “energy hungry”</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="center_Lead">Recognizing that health care is competitive in most markets, the value proposition to patients is higher quality care at lower cost with an organization that is promoting wellness in their community and mitigating harmful environmental effects.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Reinforce"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Reinforce the Mission</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="col-md-6"><h3>The imperative:</h3><p>Environmental factors can affect health and health care delivery, and hospitals deal with these types of impacts frequently. Reducing GHG emissions can help protect the health of patients, employees, and communities.</p><h3>Mission alignment:</h3><p>Health care’s energy intensity and carbon footprint are significant, and hospitals can benefit from reducing the impact.</p><h3>Operational benefits:</h3><p>Reducing energy and GHG emissions leads to cost savings and makes hospitals more resilient in the face of extreme weather events.</p></div><div class="col-md-6"><h3>Cleveland Clinic Environmental Stewardship Pitch Summary</h3><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table-bordered table-striped"><thead><tr><th>Sustainability “hook”</th><th>Sample message for the leader</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mitigation</td><td>Save $50 million+</td></tr><tr><td>Engagement</td><td>Attract the best</td></tr><tr><td>Resillence</td><td>Adjust to the future</td></tr><tr><td>Relationships</td><td>Build partnerships</td></tr><tr><td>Population health</td><td>Impact regional health</td></tr><tr><td>Societal transformation</td><td>Change the nexus</td></tr><tr><td>Transpersonalism</td><td>Be the change</td></tr><tr><td>Moral obligation</td><td>Do the right thing</td></tr><tr><td>Leadership</td><td>Lead the sector</td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Presented by Jon Utech and Jessica Wolf during CleanMed 2018, “Demystifying Greenhouse Gas and Goal-setting in Health Care”</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Reinforce"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Reinforce the Mission</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="col-md-6"><blockquote><h3>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) commits to carbon reductions and clean energy for hospitals</h3><p>“As UAB is a leading academic research institution, healthcare facility and the largest single employer in th estate —effective and sustainable operations are essential to UAB’s mission”</p><p>Ray Watts, President,<br>University of Alabama Birmingham</p></blockquote></div><div class="col-md-6"><blockquote><h3>Health Partners approaches Sustainability and Triple Aim simultaneously</h3><p>“The Future of Health and the Future of Sustainability are bound Together”</p><p>Andrea Walsh, CEO,<br>Health Partners</p></blockquote></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="EnvironmentalRisks"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Environmental Risks to Hospitals</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">The harmful effects of the environment are experienced across the U.S., ranging from flooding to wild fires, and extreme temperatures that stress our infrastructure systems beyond their capabilities.</p><p class="center_Lead">In 2020 alone, 22 environmental related disasters caused over $111 billion in losses. Over the last five years, a total of 86 billion-dollar events have totaled $451 billion. Hospitals have emergency response plans for these events, and might recognize the connections between the environment and carbon emissions.</p><p class="center_Lead">These shocks and stressors add to the cost of care, disrupt operations that can prevent timely care, and present significant risks to the health care sector’s ability to serve the community.</p><p class="center_Lead">In underserved communities, these shocks and stressors disproportionally affect people</p><p class="center_Lead">who are least able to prepare for and recover from heat waves, poor air quality, flooding and other impacts.</p><p class="center_Lead">Environmental awareness can help to improve hospital resilience and the community’s ability to absorb and recover from weather and environmental risks.</p><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-2023-Billion-Map.JPG" alt="This map denotes the approximate location for each of the 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters that impact the United States in 2003."></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="RecognizeRisks"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Recognize the Risks and Quantify the Impact</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h3>Risks, Opportunities, and Financial Impact</h3><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Risks-Opportunities-Financial-Impact.JPG" alt="Visual flow: Transition Risks (Policy & Legal, Technology, Market, Reputation) and Physical Risks (Acute, Chronic) merge into Risks that combine with Opportunities (Resource Efficiency, Energy Source, Products/Services, Markets, Resilience) into Strategic Planning Risk Management, which flows into Financial Impact: breaking out into; Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet. Income Statement breaks out into Revenues and Expenditures, and Balance sheet breaks out into Assets & Liabilities and Capital & Financing."><p class="center_Lead">Identifying the near-future environmental risks to operations and quantifying the financial impact of an event allows leadership to incorporate risk management into strategic planning.</p><p class="center_Lead">Environmental stewardship and sustainability projects may reduce the risk, which can be operationalized and support the business case.</p><p class="center_Lead">Keeping the hospital open during weather events will be increasingly challenging, but environmental planning can position for success.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="ActionSteps"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Immediate Action Steps</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">Health care executives and emergency planners have a responsibility to ensure their facilities are safe for staff, patients and visitors.</p> ol.sg-olHeader > li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-weight:700 } ol.sg-olHeader > li > ul li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; } ul.sg-ulHeader1 > li{ font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; line-height: 1.4; } <ol class="sg-olHeader"><li>Identify priority environmental impacts specific to your operations/facilities.</li><li>Conduct/update hazard vulnerability assessment (HVA) to include these impacts.</li><li>Update system/facility-level surge plans.</li><li>Incorporate weather events into system/facility-level utility outage plans and alternative sources.</li><li>Work with supply chain partners to plan for emergency supplies to sustain operations.</li><li>Prepare all functions with clear, concise messaging to anticipate operational practices during expected events.</li></ol> .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #005844; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:50px; } <div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div><h3>Questions to discuss the tangible impacts of weather and environment:</h3><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>What are the new risks we are encountering related to the environment?</li><li>Will virus related changes affect the response?</li><li>Can building systems continue to meet temperature and humidity requirements?</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Financial"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Financial Sustainability</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">A 2022 Deloitte survey shows CFOs see their contributions as:</p><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Supporting the business case for investments.</li><li>Meeting reporting disclosure standards and requirements.</li><li>Tracking progress with KPIs.</li></ul><p class="center_Lead"><strong>Investments, banking, and lending can have significant scope 3 emissions. CFOs are recognizing this and taking action.</strong></p><h3>Finance’s expected impact</h3><p class="center_Lead">Looking ahead, what do you believe will likely have been the most impactful change that you and/or your finance organization will have made to address sustainability? (N=53)</p><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Finances.png" alt="Bar graph: 30% Building / evaluating business cases for investments, 30% Meeting reporting disclosure standards and requirements, 27% Providing data, KPIs targets and reporting on progress, 9% Financing investments, 3% Other"></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Investments"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Investments and the Foundation</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">Investments can represent 20 to 30% of scope 3 emissions in health care operations, depending on investment strategies. The financial sector has recognized an interest in organizations wishing to build sustainable investments by offering some mechanisms for sustainable investing.</p><p class="center_Lead">In addition, some health care foundations seek investments that actively support projects to help communities adapt to environmental factors and also have a desirable return on investment.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Question"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">The Power of Asking the Question</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h3>Can you transform the marketplace by asking a question?</h3><p class="center_Lead">A free market economy self regulates with supply and demand. Innovations can reduce costs and give suppliers an edge. Customers can also drive innovation, but customers need to inform the marketplace of their interests. Asking suppliers if they can meet environmental stewardship and sustainability targets is a great place to start.</p><p class="center_Lead">In the case of health care, medical supplies and equipment need to be cost-effective and meet specific criteria for their clinical use. Quality cannot be compromised in the interest of sustainability — and this is where opportunities exist for innovation.</p><p class="center_Lead">The construction industry has a great example of transforming the marketplace by encouraging innovation with a clear goal: to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in paint. Glidden Company developed the first VOC-free coatings in 1992, but they had significantly higher cost. In the 2000s, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system incentivized construction projects to use low-VOC paint, so architects and contractors began asking the question, “Can you meet this target?”</p><p class="center_Lead">Innovations to reduce carbon and improve sustainability are possible in health care. Health care systems should ask the question to inform and incentivize the market.</p><div class="row"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div><p class="center_Lead"><strong>Banking, lending, insurance</strong> all have associated scope 3 emissions in health care. At your next opportunity, ask these partners:</p><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>How is their business addressing environmental stewardship through their internal operations?</li><li>Can their business offer any programs that promote environmental stewardship?</li><li>How is their business addressing environmental stewardship in their investments?</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0500 Supply chain management /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; top: 0px; height:100%; left:0px; } .LogoInsert img{ max-width:500px; max-height:125px; top:calc(50% - 125px/2); left:calc(100% + 50px); position:absolute; } .LogoInsert h1{ position:absolute; left:0px; bottom:0px; width:500px; opacity:0; margin: 0px; padding: 0; } @media (max-width:640px) { .LogoBG { object-fit: cover; height: 200px; } .LogoInsert img { max-width: 250px; left: calc(100% + 15px); top: calc(50% - 112px/2); background-color: #00584499; padding: 25px; border-radius: 30px 0px; } } @media (max-width:320px) { .LogoBG { height: 150px; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"> <img alt="Banner Image - Glass Earth sitting in a hand over tall grass" class="LogoBG" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sustainability-roadmap-web-home-banner-1170x250.jpg"> <div class="LogoInsert"> <img alt="Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care | Achieving Your Sustainability Goals - Logo" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/SustainabilityRoadmap_Logo_Hor-white_700x217.png"></div> </header> </div> .shcIntro{ background-color:#78be2022; padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h1, .shcIntro h2, .shcIntro h3 { color: #005844; text-align: center; } .shcIntro h1{ font-size:2em; } .shcIntro h2{ font-size:1.6em; } shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } <div class="shcIntro"><h1>The Board's Guide to Environmental Stewardship</h1></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 25px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome:hover, .TocMini .TocMiniChild:hover { text-transform: ; color: #5fa1d0; } .TocMini .TocMiniActive{ font-weight: 700; color: #5fa1d0; } /* TocMini // */ <div class="TocMini"> <div class="TocMiniBar"> <a class="TocMiniHome" href="/sustainability" target="_blank" title="Home - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care">Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care</a> <div class="TocMiniGroup"> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability for Health Care Facilities">Sustainability for Health Care Facilities</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="/sustainability/glossary" target="_blank" title="Glossary">Glossary</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> .btn-primary { background-color: #005844; } .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:25px; } .shcHighlight h3{ color:#333; font-size:16px; text-align:center; margin:0px } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } p.center_Lead, ul li.center_Lead{ color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 20px; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-7"><p class="center_Lead">Boards are charged with maximizing the value of an organization and they are increasingly acknowledging the opportunities and risks that sustainability and environmental stewardship present. As ambassadors for the organization, board members act as stewards for the long term and understand the priority impact areas around sustainability, which also inform long-term strategy.</p><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5"> <div data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="82c58bca-9296-40b2-8941-0c6929d9ef6b" data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div class="antibot-no-js antibot-message antibot-message-warning">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.</div> <div id="edit-sustainability-menu-code--2" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .webform-submission-form { margin: 0em auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0 0px; .ResourceHolder-1 { background-color: #78be2022; padding: 25px 9px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0; width: 100% } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 { color: ; line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0 15px 0; text-align:center; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a { color: #005844; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a:hover { color: #4579bc; } <div class="ResourceHolder-1"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Guide-Cover-777x600.png" alt="Cover image of the AHA's guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship" width="100%"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2><a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide" title="Start at the begining of the Guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">The Health Care Leader’s Guide</a></h2> .RuralAgendaTOC { text-align: center; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: ; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:link { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #FED141aa; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #4579bc; ; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:active { color: green; } <h3>Sections:</h3> <div class="RuralAgendaTOC"> <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team" title="Go to section on: The Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Team">Sustainability Team </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos" title="Go to section on: CEO’s Guide">CEO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos" title="Go to section on: COO’s Guide">COO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos" title="Go to section on: CFO’s Guide">CFO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board" title="Go to section on: Board's Guide">Board </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case" title="Go to section on: The Business Case">Business Case</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the printable version: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Printable Version</a> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="homepage-textfield js-form-wrapper form-wrapper"><div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textfield form-item-homepage js-form-item-homepage"> Leave this field blank </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="row spacer"> @media (min-width:720px){ .srIntro2{ column-count: 2; } } <div class="col-md-12 srIntro2"><p class="center_Lead">Environmental stewardship should now be considered a supporting element of the health care mission to heal and promote well-being. The field is encouraged to recognize and acknowledge community expectations regarding environmental stewardship, along with the risks the environment poses to hospitals’ physical assets. As such, the sector’s actions merit support for creating a new avenue for financial savings through the reduction of energy, water, and carbon emissions, with health care organizations considering environmental stewardship among its strategic initiatives. As such, the sector’s actions merit support for worldwide reductions in carbon emissions, with health care organization considering the inclusion of sustainability and decarbonization among its strategic initiatives.</p><p class="center_Lead">The board of directors is uniquely positioned to consider both the opportunities and risks the environment presents to the organization. Charged with maximizing the value of the organization and acting in the organization’s best interest, the board of directors recognizes the savings opportunities, environmental risks, and environmental awareness of the community.</p></div></div><h2 class="text-align-center">Sections</h2> .Sticky { position: sticky; top: 0; background-color: #fff; z-index: 1000; border-radius: 0 0 25px 25px; z-index:1000; color: #78be20; width: fit-content; margin: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; font-size:14px; } .Sticky nav p{ font-size:14px; font-weight:700; line-height:13px } @media (max-width:790px){ .Sticky nav p{ font-size:11px; } } .Sticky a { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .Sticky .scroll-watcher { height: 10px; position: relative; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 1000; background-color: #78be20; width: 100%; scale: 0 1; transform-origin: left; animation: scroll-watcher linear; animation-timeline: scroll(y); } @keyframes scroll-watcher { to { scale: 1 1; } } <div class="scroll-watcher"> </div><nav><p><a href="#Responsibility">The Board’s Responsibility</a> | <a href="#Recommendations">Recommendations for the Board of Directors</a></p></nav> .SessionWrapper { border: solid 2px #005844; margin-bottom: 20px; } h2.SessionTitle { font-weight: 700; background-color: #00584422; color: #005844; padding: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 33px; } .SessionEvents { margin-bottom: 30px; display:inline-block; } .SessionEvents br { margin-bottom: 10px; } .SessionEvents h3 { font-size: 30px; } .SessionEvents h4 { color: #9d2235; } .SessionEvents ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; } .SessionEvents ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .SessionEvents ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color: #78be20; text-indent: -20px; padding-right: 10px; } .SessionEvents ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } .SessionEvents img { margin-top: 25px; } <div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Responsibility"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">The Board’s Responsibility</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">While the board’s duty is to oversee the organization, the words and actions of individual board members can elevate strategic initiatives and strengthen the culture of the organization. Board members are ambassadors for the organization and have a responsibility to help the CEO be successful.</p><p class="center_Lead">The board often acts as stewards for the long term, and helps to evaluate the impact the environment has on business performance. The board can oversee a materiality assessment to understand priority areas and inform long-term strategy. Organizations might formalize the board’s role by including references to environmental stewardship in the board’s charters and annual training.</p><p class="center_Lead">If sustainability and environmental stewardship are new concepts to the board of directors, there are resources available on the Sustainability Roadmap that provide insights and resources for the health care enterprise, including operations, procurement, purchasing, maintenance, and new models of care.</p><p class="center_Lead">U.S. health care systems are beginning to make structural changes to support the strategic initiative of sustainability as a transformational program for their organizations.</p><p class="center_Lead">Organizations that learn from other leaders will celebrate achievements along the way, garnering support from stakeholders and positioning the organization to maximize value.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Recommendations"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Recommendations for the Board of Directors</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"> ol.sg-olHeader > li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-weight:700 } ol.sg-olHeader > li > ul li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; } <ol class="sg-olHeader"><li>Become familiar with and learn about the principles of environmental stewardship.</li><li>Review/oversee a materiality assessment to understand the impact the environment plays on business performance.</li><li>Consider formalizing the board’s role by including environmental stewardship and sustainability as priorities in the board manual, charters, and annual training.</li><li>Plan regular board trainings on sustainability and environmental stewardship in health care.</li><li>Support and oversee management efforts to track progress towards the plan.</li><li>Create a board committee or include environmental stewardship discussions in an existing board committee.</li><li>Board members, in their roles as ambassadors, could consider reinforcing the importance of environmental stewardship in the community.</li></ol></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0500 Supply chain management /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; 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padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h1, .shcIntro h2, .shcIntro h3 { color: #005844; text-align: center; } .shcIntro h1{ font-size:2em; } .shcIntro h2{ font-size:1.6em; } shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } <div class="shcIntro"><h1>The CFO’s Guide to Environmental Stewardship</h1></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 25px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; 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font-size:16px; text-align:center; margin:0px } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } p.center_Lead, ul li.center_Lead{ color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 20px; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-7"><p class="center_Lead">Finance teams led by the chief financial officer support sustainability and environmental stewardship initiatives through bolstering the value proposition, defining outcomes, and tracking and measuring progress toward sustainability goals. Whether through analyzing pricing or assessing risk, CFO’s play an integral role in in environmental stewardship.</p><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5"> <div data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="82c58bca-9296-40b2-8941-0c6929d9ef6b" data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div class="antibot-no-js antibot-message antibot-message-warning">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.</div> <div id="edit-sustainability-menu-code--3" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .webform-submission-form { margin: 0em auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0 0px; .ResourceHolder-1 { background-color: #78be2022; padding: 25px 9px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0; width: 100% } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 { color: ; line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0 15px 0; text-align:center; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a { color: #005844; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a:hover { color: #4579bc; } <div class="ResourceHolder-1"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Guide-Cover-777x600.png" alt="Cover image of the AHA's guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship" width="100%"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2><a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide" title="Start at the begining of the Guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">The Health Care Leader’s Guide</a></h2> .RuralAgendaTOC { text-align: center; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: ; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:link { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #FED141aa; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #4579bc; ; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:active { color: green; } <h3>Sections:</h3> <div class="RuralAgendaTOC"> <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team" title="Go to section on: The Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Team">Sustainability Team </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos" title="Go to section on: CEO’s Guide">CEO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos" title="Go to section on: COO’s Guide">COO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos" title="Go to section on: CFO’s Guide">CFO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board" title="Go to section on: Board's Guide">Board </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case" title="Go to section on: The Business Case">Business Case</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the printable version: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Printable Version</a> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="homepage-textfield js-form-wrapper form-wrapper"><div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textfield form-item-homepage js-form-item-homepage"> Leave this field blank </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-md-4"><p class="center_Lead">Sustainability initiatives in health care organizations should include operational practices and focused projects — both of which require funding. As a key voice in the financial analysis for these projects and initiatives, the chief financial officer and finance team can support the value proposition by helping to define expected outcomes. Finance teams also have the skills to support internal measurement and tracking to monitor progress towards sustainability goals.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p class="center_Lead"><strong>KPIs for sustainability and decarbonization may include:</strong></p><ul><li class="center_Lead">Energy consumption and associated emissions.</li><li class="center_Lead">Fuel consumption in owned and leased vehicles and calculated emissions.</li><li class="center_Lead">Emissions from business travel.</li><li class="center_Lead">Emissions from anesthetics.</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-4"><p class="center_Lead"><strong>Because 80% of health care emissions are from purchased goods and services:</strong></p><ul><li class="center_Lead">Track spending to analyze scope 3 emissions within the organization.</li><li class="center_Lead">Work with operations and procurement to identify suppliers that can reduce scope 3 emissions.</li></ul></div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-sm-6"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-GHG-Emissions.png" alt="Hospital GHG Emissions Impact by Category, a visual graph of items shown between Ease of Data Collection and Mitigation Opportunity"></div><div class="col-sm-6"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Quote-Jamie.png" alt="Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, 'We have a goal to reduce the carbon intensity of our financing portfolio… and we are minimizing the environmental impact of our physical operations.'"></div></div><h2 class="text-align-center">Sections</h2> .Sticky { position: sticky; 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Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, Metrics, and Targets are each displayed in smaller concentric circles."></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Recommendations"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Recommendations for the Health Care CFO</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"> ol.sg-olHeader > li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-weight:700 } ol.sg-olHeader > li > ul li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; } <ol class="sg-olHeader"><li>Review financial analysis practices to recognize environmental impacts. For example:<ul><li>Assess risk to disruption in operations.</li></ul></li><li>Inquire with financing, banking and insurance providers about environmental stewardship practices:<ul><li>Competition in the marketplace creates incentives for providers to innovate in environmental stewardship, if they understand the organization values it.</li><li>How do partners incorporate sustainability in the services they offer?</li></ul></li><li>Recognize sustainability in non-financial reporting for your organization:<ul><li>Annual environmental stewardship report</li></ul></li></ol></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0500 Supply chain management /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; top: 0px; height:100%; left:0px; } .LogoInsert img{ max-width:500px; max-height:125px; top:calc(50% - 125px/2); left:calc(100% + 50px); position:absolute; } .LogoInsert h1{ position:absolute; left:0px; bottom:0px; width:500px; opacity:0; margin: 0px; padding: 0; } @media (max-width:640px) { .LogoBG { object-fit: cover; height: 200px; } .LogoInsert img { max-width: 250px; left: calc(100% + 15px); top: calc(50% - 112px/2); background-color: #00584499; padding: 25px; border-radius: 30px 0px; } } @media (max-width:320px) { .LogoBG { height: 150px; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"> <img alt="Banner Image - Glass Earth sitting in a hand over tall grass" class="LogoBG" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sustainability-roadmap-web-home-banner-1170x250.jpg"> <div class="LogoInsert"> <img alt="Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care | Achieving Your Sustainability Goals - Logo" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/SustainabilityRoadmap_Logo_Hor-white_700x217.png"></div> </header> </div> .shcIntro{ background-color:#78be2022; padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h1, .shcIntro h2, .shcIntro h3 { color: #005844; text-align: center; } .shcIntro h1{ font-size:2em; } .shcIntro h2{ font-size:1.6em; } shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } <div class="shcIntro"><h1>The COO’s Guide to Environmental Stewardship</h1></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 25px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome:hover, .TocMini .TocMiniChild:hover { text-transform: ; color: #5fa1d0; } .TocMini .TocMiniActive{ font-weight: 700; color: #5fa1d0; } /* TocMini // */ <div class="TocMini"> <div class="TocMiniBar"> <a class="TocMiniHome" href="/sustainability" target="_blank" title="Home - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care">Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care</a> <div class="TocMiniGroup"> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability for Health Care Facilities">Sustainability for Health Care Facilities</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="/sustainability/glossary" target="_blank" title="Glossary">Glossary</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> .btn-primary { background-color: #005844; } .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:25px; } .shcHighlight h3{ color:#333; font-size:16px; text-align:center; margin:0px } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } p.center_Lead, ul li.center_Lead{ color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 20px; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-7"><p class="center_Lead">Chief operating officers hold a unique opportunity to build and empower teams and accelerate environmental stewardship initiatives. Recognizing that all functional roles can impact sustainability, the COO can support individuals and teams to promote cross-functional teamwork and stimulate innovative sustainability solutions throughout the operations of the organization.</p><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5"> <div data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="82c58bca-9296-40b2-8941-0c6929d9ef6b" data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div class="antibot-no-js antibot-message antibot-message-warning">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.</div> <div id="edit-sustainability-menu-code--4" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .webform-submission-form { margin: 0em auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0 0px; .ResourceHolder-1 { background-color: #78be2022; padding: 25px 9px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0; width: 100% } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 { color: ; line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0 15px 0; text-align:center; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a { color: #005844; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a:hover { color: #4579bc; } <div class="ResourceHolder-1"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Guide-Cover-777x600.png" alt="Cover image of the AHA's guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship" width="100%"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2><a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide" title="Start at the begining of the Guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">The Health Care Leader’s Guide</a></h2> .RuralAgendaTOC { text-align: center; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: ; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:link { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #FED141aa; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #4579bc; ; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:active { color: green; } <h3>Sections:</h3> <div class="RuralAgendaTOC"> <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team" title="Go to section on: The Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Team">Sustainability Team </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos" title="Go to section on: CEO’s Guide">CEO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos" title="Go to section on: COO’s Guide">COO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos" title="Go to section on: CFO’s Guide">CFO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board" title="Go to section on: Board's Guide">Board </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case" title="Go to section on: The Business Case">Business Case</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the printable version: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Printable Version</a> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="homepage-textfield js-form-wrapper form-wrapper"><div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textfield form-item-homepage js-form-item-homepage"> Leave this field blank </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-md-6"><p class="center_Lead">As the leader responsible for health care operations, the chief operating officer’s actions can effectively accelerate environmental stewardship initiatives. Conversely, without COO support, meaningful improvements in environmental stewardship are unlikely. The COO need not be an expert in sustainability but must actively strive to integrate sustainability into business processes.</p><p class="center_Lead">The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) uses the triple aim as a framework to optimize health system performance, which can also be applied to environmental stewardship. The triple aim seeks improvements in health care by optimizing practices that:</p><ul><li class="center_Lead">Improve the patient experience.</li><li class="center_Lead">Improve population health.</li><li class="center_Lead">Reduce per capita costs of care.</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-6"><p class="center_Lead">The IHI says it recognizes that improvements happen when teams have the will, which unlocks ideas that are supported for implementation.</p><p class="center_Lead">Tapping into this familiar thought process, organizations can seek out improvements for environmental stewardship. The COO can recognize that all functional roles impact sustainability in health care and empower individuals to participate in problem-solving to help with employee recruitment and retention. Framing sustainability as a growth mindset helps to identify areas for improvement, promote cross-functional teamwork and stimulate solutions — many likely to come from the supply chain.</p><p class="center_Lead">Any strategic initiative must have leadership. While sustainability teams can be a great way to start, too often they are composed of only volunteers. Environmental stewardship could be included in job descriptions for supervisors to support the initiative. 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color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-weight:700 } ol.sg-olHeader > li > ul li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; } <ol class="sg-olHeader"><li>Build a cross-functional team of leaders to drive strategy.<ul><li>Allocate time and incorporate sustainability in job descriptions.</li><li>Instruct the team of leaders to work with all departments to implement initiatives.</li><li>Ask team to provide regular updates, such as monthly operations meetings.</li></ul></li><li>Establish a management system for environmental stewardship.<ul><li>Track KPIs that will measure real progress alongside patient outcomes.</li><li>Incorporate sustainability KPIs into department-level goals.</li><li>Realign internal processes to support sustainability.</li></ul></li><li>Encourage a growth mindset by supporting education for sustainability.<ul><li>Host learning sessions with local experts.</li><li>Sponsor focused training for employees to become experts.</li><li>Share your own successes with other organizations.</li></ul></li></ol></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0500 Supply chain management /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; 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font-size:16px; text-align:center; margin:0px } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } p.center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 20px; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-7"><p class="center_Lead">Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship are being integrated into hospital operations and health care delivery in hospitals and health systems across the nation. While environmental stewardship concepts were once seen as “add-ons”, CEO’s are recognizing the impact these concepts can make in reinforcing their organizational missions. Using a “transformational change” approach, CEOs are establishing a culture of sustainability, engaging the entire organization, and taking action to solidify change.</p><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5"> <div data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="82c58bca-9296-40b2-8941-0c6929d9ef6b" data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div class="antibot-no-js antibot-message antibot-message-warning">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.</div> <div id="edit-sustainability-menu-code--5" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .webform-submission-form { margin: 0em auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0 0px; .ResourceHolder-1 { background-color: #78be2022; padding: 25px 9px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0; width: 100% } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 { color: ; line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0 15px 0; text-align:center; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a { color: #005844; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a:hover { color: #4579bc; } <div class="ResourceHolder-1"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Guide-Cover-777x600.png" alt="Cover image of the AHA's guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship" width="100%"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2><a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide" title="Start at the begining of the Guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">The Health Care Leader’s Guide</a></h2> .RuralAgendaTOC { text-align: center; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: ; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:link { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #FED141aa; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #4579bc; ; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:active { color: green; } <h3>Sections:</h3> <div class="RuralAgendaTOC"> <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team" title="Go to section on: The Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Team">Sustainability Team </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos" title="Go to section on: CEO’s Guide">CEO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos" title="Go to section on: COO’s Guide">COO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos" title="Go to section on: CFO’s Guide">CFO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board" title="Go to section on: Board's Guide">Board </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case" title="Go to section on: The Business Case">Business Case</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the printable version: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Printable Version</a> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="homepage-textfield js-form-wrapper form-wrapper"><div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textfield form-item-homepage js-form-item-homepage"> Leave this field blank </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="row spacer"> @media (min-width:720px) { .srIntro2 { column-count: 2; } } <div class="col-md-12 srIntro2"><p class="center_Lead">Sustainability, which was once characterized in health care as an optional “add-on” to hospital operations and health care delivery, is now becoming an operations priority. Today, we recognize that health care has a great impact on the economy and the environment, and health care operations directly affect the health and wellness of patients and communities.</p><p class="center_Lead">Nationally, some health care systems are showing the value from integrating sustainability into functions of the organization. Organizations with a plan can more quickly respond to opportunities for partnerships and participation in incentive programs.</p><p class="center_Lead">Success stories are shared in every region and for organizations of every size. There is no shortage of educational resources on sustainability, but it can be hard to know where to start. This resource collects current best practices (as of 2022) and identifies action steps to jumpstart your sustainability journey.</p></div></div> @media (min-width:400px){ .img2Side { display: flex; } } .img2SideImg { flex: 50%; } <div class="row img2Side spacer"><div><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-CEO-1.png" alt="Three groups lead into the next set; Set 1, Establish a culture of sustainability: Designate a Sustainability Champion, Build a Green Teem, Establish a Vision and Set Targets"></div><div><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-CEO-2.png" alt="Set 2, Engaging the entire organization: Establish Stakeholder Buy-in, Empower Action, Celebrate Short-Term Wins"></div><div><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-CEO-3.png" alt="Set 3, Taking Action and Solidifying Change: Keep it Going, Integrate in Normal Operation (arrow extends out)"></div></div><h2 class="text-align-center">Sections</h2> .Sticky { position: sticky; top: 0; background-color: #fff; z-index: 1000; border-radius: 0 0 25px 25px; z-index:1000; color: #78be20; width: fit-content; margin: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; font-size:14px; } .Sticky nav p{ font-size:14px; font-weight:700; line-height:13px } @media (max-width:790px){ .Sticky nav p{ font-size:11px; } } .Sticky a { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .Sticky .scroll-watcher { height: 10px; position: relative; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 1000; background-color: #78be20; width: 100%; scale: 0 1; transform-origin: left; animation: scroll-watcher linear; animation-timeline: scroll(y); } @keyframes scroll-watcher { to { scale: 1 1; } } <div class="scroll-watcher"> </div><nav><p><a href="#Change">“Transformational Change” Approach</a> | <a href="#Reinforce">Reinforce the Mission</a> | <a href="#Recommendations">Recommendations for the Health Care CEO</a></p></nav> .SessionWrapper { border: solid 2px #005844; margin-bottom: 20px; } h2.SessionTitle { font-weight: 700; background-color: #00584422; color: #005844; padding: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 33px; } .SessionEvents { margin-bottom: 30px; display:inline-block; } .SessionEvents br { margin-bottom: 10px; } .SessionEvents h3 { font-size: 30px; } .SessionEvents h4 { color: #9d2235; } .SessionEvents ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; } .SessionEvents ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .SessionEvents ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color: #78be20; text-indent: -20px; padding-right: 10px; } .SessionEvents ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } .SessionEvents img { margin-top: 25px; } <div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Change"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Use a "transformational change" approach for sustainability and environmental stewardship.</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">No single person or department can make health care sustainable: meaningful change will require all functions to find new ways of delivering better outcomes. The complexities of the health care system require top-down leadership and creative problem-solving from the bottom-up to increase value. Outside of health care, some organizations have found a corporate commitment to sustainability boosts employee motivation and improves retention and recruitment.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Reinforce"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Reinforce the Mission</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead"><strong>The imperative:</strong> the environment affects parts of health and health care delivery, and some hospitals are dealing with the impacts today. Reducing green house gas emissions and air pollution can protect the health of patients, employees and communities.</p><p class="center_Lead"><strong>Mission alignment:</strong> Health care's global carbon footprint is significant, hospitals can take meaningful actions to improve the health of all people and the environment in which they live - by setting a sustainable course for the future.</p><p class="center_Lead"><strong>Operational benefits:</strong> Reducing GHG emissions leads to cost savings and can contribute to hospitals’ resiliency when faced with extreme weather events.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Recommendations"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Recommendations for the Health Care CEO</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"> ol.sg-olHeader > li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-weight:700 } ol.sg-olHeader > li > ul li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; } <ol class="sg-olHeader"><li>Make sustainability a transformational program for the organization:<ul><li>CEOs can acknowledge that sustainable hospitals offer unique benefits to their surrounding communities.</li><li>Engage the board of directors and show the value of sustainability.</li><li>Be clear that this is an executive priority and long-term commitment.</li></ul></li><li>Identify internal leaders and allocate the resources needed for success:<ul><li>Frame sustainability in a growth mindset to embrace the challenges of sustainability by seeking innovations.</li></ul></li><li>Communicate initiatives and progress regularly to your community and the sector:<ul><li>Show the value.</li><li>Recognize the functional roles for leadership and innovation.</li><li>Collaborate with other CEOs to share successes and overcome obstacles.</li></ul></li></ol></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0500 Supply chain management /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; 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} .shcHighlight h3{ color:#333; font-size:16px; text-align:center; margin:0px } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } p.center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 20px; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-7"><p class="center_Lead">Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Teams are passionate about environmental stewardship and sustainability and are empowered to lead their organization’s environmental efforts. The sustainability and environmental stewardship teams are responsible for building relationships across the organization, breaking down silos, and sharing knowledge and expertise to empower their colleagues to take action and celebrate sustainability wins.</p><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5"> <div data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="82c58bca-9296-40b2-8941-0c6929d9ef6b" data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div class="antibot-no-js antibot-message antibot-message-warning">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.</div> <div id="edit-sustainability-menu-code--6" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .webform-submission-form { margin: 0em auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0 0px; .ResourceHolder-1 { background-color: #78be2022; padding: 25px 9px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0; width: 100% } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 { color: ; line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0 15px 0; text-align:center; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a { color: #005844; } .ResourceHolder-1 h2 a:hover { color: #4579bc; } <div class="ResourceHolder-1"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Guide-Cover-777x600.png" alt="Cover image of the AHA's guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship" width="100%"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2><a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide" title="Start at the begining of the Guide: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">The Health Care Leader’s Guide</a></h2> .RuralAgendaTOC { text-align: center; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: ; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:link { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #FED141aa; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #4579bc; ; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:active { color: green; } <h3>Sections:</h3> <div class="RuralAgendaTOC"> <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team" title="Go to section on: The Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Team">Sustainability Team </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos" title="Go to section on: CEO’s Guide">CEO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos" title="Go to section on: COO’s Guide">COO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos" title="Go to section on: CFO’s Guide">CFO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board" title="Go to section on: Board's Guide">Board </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case" title="Go to section on: The Business Case">Business Case</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the printable version: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Printable Version</a> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="homepage-textfield js-form-wrapper form-wrapper"><div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textfield form-item-homepage js-form-item-homepage"> Leave this field blank </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="row spacer"> @media (min-width:720px){ .srIntro2{ column-count: 2; } } <div class="col-md-12 srIntro2"><p class="center_Lead">As members of the sustainability team, you have the passion to share your knowledge of sustainability with your colleagues, the responsibility to build relationships with all functional roles, and the power to inspire all stakeholders to advance sustainability (contractors, visitors, the community, the sector).</p><p class="center_Lead">You are curious — seeking to understand existing systems and operational practices, and learn from other experts. Building trust will open doors to identifying opportunities that improve sustainability.</p><p class="center_Lead">You are empowered to be leaders in your organization — speak up when you need resources and be clear about the value of sustainability initiatives in support of the executive strategy. Remember to prepare your coworkers (the functional leaders in your organization) to celebrate achievements. Achieving a sustainability goal is not a win for only the chief sustainability officer or the sustainability team, it is a win for the organization.</p></div></div><h2 class="text-align-center">Sections</h2> .Sticky { position: sticky; top: 0; background-color: #fff; z-index: 1000; border-radius: 0 0 25px 25px; z-index:1000; color: #78be20; width: fit-content; margin: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; font-size:14px; } .Sticky nav p{ font-size:14px; font-weight:700; line-height:13px } @media (max-width:790px){ .Sticky nav p{ font-size:11px; } } .Sticky a { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .Sticky .scroll-watcher { height: 10px; position: relative; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 1000; background-color: #78be20; width: 100%; scale: 0 1; transform-origin: left; animation: scroll-watcher linear; animation-timeline: scroll(y); } @keyframes scroll-watcher { to { scale: 1 1; } } <div class="scroll-watcher"> </div><nav><p><a href="#Mission">Articulate Your Why</a> | <a href="#Value">Recommendations for the Experts</a></p></nav> .SessionWrapper { border: solid 2px #005844; margin-bottom: 20px; } h2.SessionTitle { font-weight: 700; background-color: #00584422; color: #005844; padding: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 33px; } .SessionEvents { margin-bottom: 30px; display:inline-block; } .SessionEvents br { margin-bottom: 10px; } .SessionEvents h3 { font-size: 30px; } .SessionEvents h4 { color: #9d2235; } .SessionEvents ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; } .SessionEvents ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .SessionEvents ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color: #78be20; text-indent: -20px; padding-right: 10px; } .SessionEvents ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } .SessionEvents img { margin-top: 25px; } <div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Mission"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Articulate Your Why</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><p class="center_Lead">Share a consistent, persuasive message for sustainability and environmental stewardship in your organization and with various stakeholders. This Cleveland Clinic figure provides a few examples, but it is most impactful to work with your internal leaders and craft a message that speaks directly to the context of your operations, considering location and community.</p></div><div class="col-md-6"><h3 class="text-align-center">Cleveland Clinic Environmental Stewardship Pitch Summary</h3><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table-bordered table-striped"><thead><tr><th>Sustainability “hook”</th><th>Sample message for the leader</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mitigation</td><td>Save $50 million+</td></tr><tr><td>Engagement</td><td>Attract the best</td></tr><tr><td>Resillence</td><td>Adjust to the future</td></tr><tr><td>Relationships</td><td>Build partnerships</td></tr><tr><td>Population health</td><td>Impact regional health</td></tr><tr><td>Societal transformation</td><td>Change the nexus</td></tr><tr><td>Transpersonalism</td><td>Be the change</td></tr><tr><td>Moral obligation</td><td>Do the right thing</td></tr><tr><td>Leadership</td><td>Lead the sector</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="text-align-center"><strong>Source:</strong> Presented by Jon Utech and Jessica Wolf during CleanMed 2018, “Demystifying Greenhouse Gas and Goal-setting in Health Care”</p></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Value"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Recommendations for the Experts</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">Consider these suggestions, but review the context for your organization and take the time to build support and consensus at all levels (top-down and bottom-up). For more ideas, review the assessment for your sustainability journey on ASHE.org.</p> ol.sg-olHeader > li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-weight:700 } ol.sg-olHeader > li > ul li { font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; } <ol class="sg-olHeader"><li>Support the CEO to make sustainability a transformational program for the entire organization:<ul><li>Articulate the sustainability vision for the organization and repeat often.</li><li>Connect sustainability to the mission and vision of the organization.</li><li>Engage the board of directors and show the value of sustainability.</li><li>Be clear that this is an executive priority. Transformational initiatives require leaders at all levels (bottom-up), but also require C-suite leadership (top-down).</li><li>Create a plan with metrics and milestones, report progress and celebrate achievements.</li><li>Identify high-impact areas (materiality assessment) and define strategy to include relevant internal functions and external/third parties.</li></ul></li><li>Work with the chief operating officer (COO) to realign internal processes to support sustainability. Create key performance indicators (KPIs) that will measure progress towards sustainability goals.<ul><li>Identify internal leaders and allocate the resources needed for success.</li><li>Frame the sustainability agenda in a “growth mindset,” encouraging leaders to embrace the challenges of sustainability by seeking opportunities to innovate.</li></ul></li><li>Communicate initiatives and progress externally to your community and the sector.<ul><li>Be transparent about ambitions, current performance and value created from sustainability initiatives.</li><li>To achieve meaningful improvements, one health system cannot change the field alone. Collaborating with other community organizations and across the health care sector can help to share successes and overcome obstacles</li></ul></li></ol></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0500 Supply chain management /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; top: 0px; height:100%; left:0px; } .LogoInsert img{ max-width:500px; max-height:125px; top:calc(50% - 125px/2); left:calc(100% + 50px); position:absolute; } .LogoInsert h1{ position:absolute; left:0px; bottom:0px; width:500px; opacity:0; margin: 0px; padding: 0; } @media (max-width:640px) { .LogoBG { object-fit: cover; height: 200px; } .LogoInsert img { max-width: 250px; left: calc(100% + 15px); top: calc(50% - 112px/2); background-color: #00584499; padding: 25px; border-radius: 30px 0px; } } @media (max-width:320px) { .LogoBG { height: 150px; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"> <img alt="Banner Image - Glass Earth sitting in a hand over tall grass" class="LogoBG" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sustainability-roadmap-web-home-banner-1170x250.jpg"> <div class="LogoInsert"> <img alt="Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care | Achieving Your Sustainability Goals - Logo" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/SustainabilityRoadmap_Logo_Hor-white_700x217.png"></div> </header> </div> .shcIntro{ background-color:#78be2022; padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h1, .shcIntro h2, .shcIntro h3 { color: #005844; text-align: center; } .shcIntro h1{ font-size:2em; } .shcIntro h2{ font-size:1.6em; } shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } <div class="shcIntro"><h1>The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship</h1><h2>Communicate Goals and Actions in Environmental Stewardship</h2></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 25px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome:hover, .TocMini .TocMiniChild:hover { text-transform: ; color: #5fa1d0; } .TocMini .TocMiniActive{ font-weight: 700; color: #5fa1d0; } /* TocMini // */ <div class="TocMini"> <div class="TocMiniBar"> <a class="TocMiniHome" href="/sustainability" target="_blank" title="Home - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care">Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care</a> <div class="TocMiniGroup"> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability for Health Care Facilities">Sustainability for Health Care Facilities</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="/sustainability/glossary" target="_blank" title="Glossary">Glossary</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> .btn-primary { background-color: #005844; } .shcHighlight h3{ color:#333; font-size:16px; text-align:center; margin:0px } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } p.center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 20px; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-7"><p class="center_Lead">In navigating the complex landscape of environmental stewardship within the health care field, engaged, effective leadership is key. Leaders set goals, such as reducing energy consumption, waste generation and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, leaders foster cultures of innovation and collaboration by encouraging interdisciplinary teams to explore and implement environmentally friendly solutions throughout their organizations.The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship provides a toolkit of tangible action items for <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos" title="Learn more for the CEOs">CEOs</a>, <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board" title="Learn more for the board">boards and trustees</a>, <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team" title="Learn more about the sustainability team">sustainability teams</a>, <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos" title="Learn more for the COOs">COOs</a>, and <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos" title="Learn more for CFOs">CFOs</a>, demonstrating how each can <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case" title="The Business Case">lead the charge</a> in environmental stewardship.</p></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5"> <div data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="82c58bca-9296-40b2-8941-0c6929d9ef6b" data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div class="antibot-no-js antibot-message antibot-message-warning">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.</div> <div id="edit-sustainability-menu-code--7" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .webform-submission-form { margin: 0em auto; 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font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: ; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:link { color: #005844; text-decoration: none; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #FED141aa; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:hover { color: #4579bc; ; } .RuralAgendaTOC a:active { color: green; } <h3>Sections:</h3> <div class="RuralAgendaTOC"> <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/team" title="Go to section on: The Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Team">Sustainability Team </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/ceos" title="Go to section on: CEO’s Guide">CEO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/coos" title="Go to section on: COO’s Guide">COO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/cfos" title="Go to section on: CFO’s Guide">CFO </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/board" title="Go to section on: Board's Guide">Board </a>| <a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide/business-case" title="Go to section on: The Business Case">Business Case</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the printable version: The Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Printable Version</a> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="homepage-textfield js-form-wrapper form-wrapper"><div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textfield form-item-homepage js-form-item-homepage"> Leave this field blank </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="anchortag" id="HealthEquity"></div> </div> @media (min-width:500px){ .img2Side { display: flex; } } .img2SideImg { /*flex: 50%;*/ } <div class="row spacer"><div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1 img2Side"><div class="img2SideImg"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-BlueChart-1.jpg" alt="The U.S. health care sector is responsible for 8.5% of U.S. emissions. | Notably, the U.S. health care sector is responsible for 35% of global health care emissions."></div><div class="img2SideImg"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-BlueChart-2.jpg" alt="Global actions to reduce emissions increase the focus on the U.S. health care system’s actions. | 80% of emissions in the U.S. health care are from goods and services in the supply chain."></div></div></div><h2 class="text-align-center">Sections</h2> .Sticky { position: sticky; top: 0; background-color: #fff; z-index: 1000; border-radius: 0 0 25px 25px; z-index:1000; color: #78be20; width: fit-content; margin: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; font-size:14px; } .Sticky nav p{ font-size:14px; font-weight:700; line-height:13px } @media (max-width:790px){ .Sticky nav p{ font-size:11px; 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margin-bottom: 20px; } h2.SessionTitle { font-weight: 700; background-color: #00584422; color: #005844; padding: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 33px; } .SessionEvents { margin-bottom: 30px; display:inline-block; } .SessionEvents br { margin-bottom: 10px; } .SessionEvents h3 { font-size: 30px; } .SessionEvents h4 { color: #9d2235; } .SessionEvents ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; } .SessionEvents ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .SessionEvents ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color: #78be20; text-indent: -20px; padding-right: 10px; } .SessionEvents ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } .SessionEvents img { margin-top: 25px; } <div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Mission"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Mission Readiness</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><p class="center_Lead">Hospitals are encouraged to view resiliency as a means for protecting human health. Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship aligns with health care mission to serve hospitals’ communities by providing a pathway to take action and plan for environmental risks.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Value"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Create Value</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"> ul.sg-ulHeader1 > li{ font-size: 20px; color: #63666A; line-height: 1.4; } <p class="center_Lead">Aligning the organization to empower all employees to improve sustainability can:</p><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Build new relationships among internal functions to reduce waste and increase value.</li><li>Boost employee motivation and improve retention and recruitment.</li><li>Enhance investment returns by better allocating capital for the long term.</li></ul><p class="center_Lead">Hospitals and health systems committed to sustainability and environmental stewardship strategies could work with department leaders to:</p><ol class="sg-olHeader"><li>Understand the importance of sustainability in health care.</li><li>Commit to seeking out opportunities to change current practices.</li><li>Collaborate with stakeholders to review and assess ongoing performance.</li></ol><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Wav-Function.jpg" alt="Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship: Sustainability Impacts and Strategies in Health Care – mapped to functional roles. A Visual flow chart of how different areas, ie, Energy, IEQ, Water flow into four areas, ie, Operation Support, Administrative and then split out into further areas, ie, Energy Efficiency, Protect Water, Indoor Air Quality. 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People (Conversation Philosophy) Prosperity (Moral Economy) People (Development, Land Use) Planet. Sustainability is the overlapping item among all three."></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper SessionWrapperMiddle SessionWrapperBG"><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="row container"><div class="col-md-6"><h3>Decarbonization</h3><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>The act of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-6"><h3>Greenhouse Gas Protocol</h3><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Scope 1: Direct emissions</li><li>Scope 2: Indirect emissions</li><li>Scope 3: Purchased goods and services</li></ul></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper SessionWrapperMiddle SessionWrapperBG"><div class><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="col-md-12"><h3><strong>Hospitals GHG Emissions Impact by Category</strong></h3> .shcChartBox{ background-color: #; padding: 15px; margin-bottom: 30px; } .shcChartBox h4{ font-size:22px; 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} .shcChartBox.BulletCircle ul li.BulletCirclePharmacy::before { color:#d50032; } .shcChartBox.BulletCircle ul li.BulletCircleDietary::before { color:#eaaa00; } .shcChartBox.BulletCircle ul li.BulletCircleTreasury::before { color:#B1B383; } .shcChartBox.BulletCircle ul li.BulletCircleAll::before { color:#63666A; } .shcChartBox.BulletCircle ul.BulletCircleToc li { float:left; margin-right:15px; } .shcChartBox.BulletCircle ul.BulletCircleToc li{ /*font-size:14px !important*/ } <div class="col-md-6"><div class="row"><div class="shcChartBox BulletCircle"><h4><span>Scope 1</span> Direct emissions emanating directly from health care facilities and health care owned vehicles.</h4><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Combustion of Natural Gas</li><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Combustion of Diesel Generators</li><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Emissions from Refrigerants</li><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Medical Gas System leaks and exhaust</li><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Landscape and misc equipment emissions</li><li class="BulletCircleTransportation" title="In Transportation">Fleet Fuel combustion</li></ul></div></div><div class="row"><div class="shcChartBox BulletCircle"><h4><span>Scope 2</span> Indirect emissions from purchased energy sources such as electricity, steam, cooling and heating.</h4><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Emissions from purchased energy</li></ul></div></div></div><div class="col-md-6"><div class="row"><div class="shcChartBox BulletCircle"><h4><span>Scope 3</span> Emissions derived from health care supply chain through the production, transport and disposal of goods and services.</h4><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Water Embodied Carbon</li><li class="BulletCircleFacilities" title="In Facilities">Building Product/Supplies Embodied Carbon</li><li class="BulletCircleTransportation" title="In Transportation">Patient Transportation</li><li class="BulletCircleTransportation" title="In Transportation">Visitor Transportation</li><li class="BulletCircleTransportation" title="In Transportation">Staff Transportation</li><li class="BulletCircleTransportation" title="In Transportation">Vendor Transportation</li><li class="BulletCircleProcurement" title="In Procurement">Equipment Embodied Carbon</li><li class="BulletCircleProcurement" title="In Procurement">Supplies Embodied Carbon</li><li class="BulletCircleEvs" title="In EVS">Waste</li><li class="BulletCirclePharmacy" title="In Pharmacy">Pharmaceuticals Embodied Carbon</li><li class="BulletCircleDietary" title="In Dietary">Food Embodied Carbon</li><li class="BulletCircleTreasury" title="In Treasury">Investments</li><li class="BulletCircleAll" title="In All">Emissions of Outsourced Services</li></ul></div></div></div> .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #005844; 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'Delivered Energy' into ie, Energy Use, Building Systems that flow in the 'Building Needs' (ie, heating, cooling, ventilation). With 'Exported Energy' going back out. "></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper SessionWrapperMiddle SessionWrapperBG"><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><h3>Carbon-neutral</h3><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>In addition to energy consumption (scope 1 and 2 emissions), carbon neutrality “includes emissions beyond the entity’s direct control (scope 3 emissions)."</li></ul><p>Reference: IPCC AR6 WGIII</p></div><div class="col-md-6"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Sus-Carbon-Neutral-circles.png" alt="Visuals: First, a circle (1) within a circle (2) – Net-Zero Energy is limited to Scope 1& 2 emissions. Second, three circles within each other; 3, 2, 1 – Carbon Neutrality includes Scope 1, 2,& 3 emissions for the whole organization. ~80% of emissions are from the Supply Chain."></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper SessionWrapperBottom"><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><h3>Embodied Carbon</h3><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>The greenhouse gas emissions associated with the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and disposal of purchased products/materials. For example:<ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Medical supplies and equipment</li><li>Pharmaceuticals</li><li>Food</li><li>Construction material</li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="col-md-6"><h3>Operational Carbon</h3><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>The greenhouse gas emissions associated with daily operations. For example:<ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Building energy consumption</li><li>Anesthetic gases</li><li>Refrigerants onsite</li><li>Staff commuting</li><li>Business travel</li></ul></li></ul></div></div><aside><div class="SReference"><h2>References</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-3/" target="_blank" title="IPCC | Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change">IPCC AR6 WGIII</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/faqs/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_FAQ_Chapter_01.pdf" target="_blank" title="IPCC AR6 WGIII FAQ Chapter 01">IPCC FAQ Chapter 1</a></li></ul></div></aside></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Carbon"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Carbon in Health Care</h2></div><div class="row SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><h3>Emissions are categorized as scope 1, 2 and 3, but can also be analyzed in functional roles:</h3><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li><strong>Operations</strong><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Energy consumption (scope 1 and 2)</li><li>Refrigerants (scope 1)</li><li>Construction (scopes 1-3)</li><li>Water (scope 3)</li><li>Food (scope 3)</li><li>Waste (scope 3)</li><li>Information and computer technology (scope 3)</li></ul></li><li><strong>Clinical</strong><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Anesthetic gases (scope 1)</li><li>Medical waste (scope 3)</li><li>Testing and research (scope 3)</li><li>Pharmaceuticals (scope 3)</li><li>Purchased goods and services (scope 3), including medical devices and supplies</li></ul></li><li><strong>Administrative (all scope 3)</strong><ul class="sg-ulHeader1"><li>Business travel</li><li>Lending, banking, investments and insuranc</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Note:</strong> The figure to the right represents global health care emissions. Scope 3 for U.S. health care is calculated to be 80% of the total carbon emissions.</p></div><div class="col-md-6"><div><p><strong>Carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are often used interchangeably. This is because GHG emissions are measured in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), often abbreviated as “carbon."</strong></p></div><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/Sus-Relation.jpg" alt="Chart of Relationship of GHGP categories to WIOD emissions sources. Scope 1 17% with Health sector operational emissions and Transport - Scope 3 71% with ie, Transport, Agriculture, Pharmaceuticals and chemical products, Waste treatment – Scope 2 12% with distributions of electricity, gas, heat and cooling."></div></div> .SusLogos img { max-width: 200px; width: auto; display: block; margin: auto; } <div class="row spacer SusLogos"><div class="col-sm-4"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-07/Energy-Star-Partner-Logo-687x277.png" alt="Energy Star Partner Logo"></div><div class="col-sm-4"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-04/ASHE-logo_Primary-RGB-Tagline_R_296x142.png" alt="ASHE Logo"></div><div class="col-sm-4"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-06/ASHE-Energy-to-Care-Logo-2023_FINAL.png" alt="Energy to Care Logo"></div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-md-12"><p class="center_Lead">Over 3,500 health care facilities are tracking emissions associated with facility energy consumption in Energy to Care, the American Society for Health Care Engineering’s (ASHE’s) award-winning sustainability program for health care facility management professionals who want to add value to their organizations via an environmental sustainability focus.</p><p class="center_Lead">The majority of scope 1 and 2 emissions for health care organizations can be tracked in the Energy to Care dashboard, a free tool provided by ASHE.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="container SessionWrapper" id="Measuring"><div class="row"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Measuring Carbon in Your Organization</h2></div><div class><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row" id="Glossary"> <div class> <div class="acc_tabs"> /* Bottom of the Wrapper*/ .acc_tabs { margin-bottom: 25px; 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Phlow laboratories and manufacturing facilities are located in the Mid-Atlantic, keeping the complete manufacturing cycle contained in one region. HHS-ASPR and Phlow have collaborated since May 2020 to bring pharmaceutical supply chains into the U.S. and reduce dependency on foreign countries. China and India, for example, account for more than 70% of APIs and KSMs imported to the United States. <br> <br>“Disruptions in the supply of KSMs and APIs from foreign resources—whether due to geopolitical tensions, pandemics, or export restrictions—could cripple our nation’s ability to produce these critical medications,” <a href="https://aspr.hhs.gov/newsroom/Pages/Phlow-July2025.aspx">said</a> ASPR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary John Knox. “This collaboration underscores the strategic importance of not only bolstering domestic production of finished drugs but also securing a reliable, independent supply of APIs and KSMs to ensure the resilience of the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain.” </p> Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:49:18 -0500 Supply chain management