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5 best practices to green healthcare GreenBiz

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How climate change is adding to the health risks of poor people

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Two things Maslow's hierarchy of needs can teach us about what’s

WEBMore than ever, though, Americans want to hear what companies are doing to make our society better. The environment is one piece of that — in fact, environmental …

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America's Top 10 Green Hospitals GreenBiz

WEBThe hospital also used low-VOC paints, adhesives and carpets to improve indoor air quality. 2. The Green Team Award. Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, …

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The drive to embed 'planetary health' impacts within corporate

WEBAs part of this effort, our team at Duke University has explored how companies can make the connection between environmental and health impacts …

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How employee health and well-being fit into the ESG wheelhouse

WEBOne of the easiest ways to understand workforce health and well-being is to examine the private sector’s role in addressing the social determinants of health …

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Why ESG must include health equity GreenBiz

WEBMany ESG issues have a direct relationship to health equity — and better management, action, investment and performance on ESG-related issues could drive …

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Here's why worker safety is a sustainability essential

WEBEmbracing safety and health as a cornerstone of sustainability is good for workers and good for business. A stronger commitment to safety and health can benefit …

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Hospitals get the green light for green backup power GreenBiz

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What do the next 20 years hold for the healthcare industry

WEBA third example is the rise of disruptive technologies, which promise both exciting solutions and challenges. As tech companies move into healthcare, new …

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and

WEBThese changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. Young leaders from the 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 list see reasons for …

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Can Greenhealth Exchange transform hospital supply chains

WEBDignity Health, Gundersen, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Partners HealthCare are targeting the $300 billion market for supplies, furniture and food. Four major …

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The inconvenient truths behind the 'Planetary Health' diet

WEBThe commission’s Planetary Health Diet falls short, for three reasons. First, it is founded on outdated, weak nutrition science. Second, the commission failed to …

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Can urban forests cultivate sustainable healthcare

WEBTrees provide a high ROI. "We’re expecting a 1:10 to 1:100 ratio for investment in urban green space with regard to reduction of health care expenditures," …

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The profitable hospital system with sustainability in its DNA

WEBWe have all heard the aphorism "health is wealth." Gundersen Health Systems, a nonprofit hospital network operating in 19 counties across three Midwest …

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Why more big consumer health companies should become B Corps

WEBB Corporations, better known as B Corps, are leaders in the global movement for an equitable, sustainable future. Sanofi Consumer Healthcare North America – the …

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Hannah Seo GreenBiz

WEBHannah Seo is an intern at Environmental Health News and currently a graduate student at NYU's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program and …

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5 ways hospitals can launch effective recycling programs for

WEB5 ways hospitals can launch effective recycling programs for single-use products. Dignity Health's sustainability leader on how the health care giant put circular …

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Simplifying sustainability: 4 concepts to power our purpose

WEBClimate change is pollution — a central part of our sustainability mission is to reduce pollution to protect the health of people and ecosystems. Over the past 30 …

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