Project Background
The Green Hospital Scorecard (GHS) is the only comprehensive health care benchmarking tool in Canada measuring energy conservation, water conservation, waste management and recycling, corporate commitment and pollution prevention. Participating hospitals report on their environmental and sustainability initiatives through a questionnaire and receive a Green Hospital Scorecard summarizing their environmental performance relative to their peers.
Our educational webinar on the GHS can be found here. This video outlines the focus of the survey and how to save, share and navigate the Green Hospital Scorecard survey.
Educational Webinar
2019 Green Hospital Scorecard Review Webinar
On February 20th, 2020, the Coalition hosted a webinar reviewing the current GHS survey, how to submit your data and an overview of changes.
- Click here to view the latest GHS educational webinar
- Click here to download the slides from the webinar
Project History
In 2013, the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) developed and administered the Green Hospital Scorecard through the Green Hospital Champion Fund and supportive funding from the Ministry of Consumer and Government Services. That program ended in early 2016, and after an internal review the OHA decided to seek an appropriate organization to assume ongoing operation of the GHS. As a historic collaborator on the development of the GHS and on the OHA’s Green Health Care Awards since 2001, the Coalition was a logical choice to carry forward the delivery of the GHS.
The Coalition will again deliver the 2017 GHS program. Check out our Green Hospital Scorecard FAQ for more information.
Project Goals, Objectives, and Performance Results
The main purpose of the GHS is to provide a vehicle for standardized, sector-specific environmental benchmarking and to connect hospitals with environmental information that will assist them in achieving environmental and economic benefits such as reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improved energy and water efficiency. The GHS allows for enhancement of existing benchmark data, refinement of collection methodologies, and the creation of meaningful reporting data to inform the sector, hospitals’ executives and future conservation programming. The intent of the program is to raise the hospital organization's awareness, motivate change, and incite improvements in the environmental sphere by recognizing each participating hospital's achievements.
The Scorecard shows a hospital's environmental performance in five areas: Energy, Water, Waste, Pollution Prevention, and Corporate Leadership. The GHS:
- Provides a high-level snapshot of the organization's environmental performance against a backdrop of de-identified peer data.
- Helps identify potential areas for improvements to environmental performance and operational efficiency
- Informs target-setting
- Offers the opportunity to be individually recognized through annual Gold, Silver and Bronze level achievements
- Encourages excellence by honouring select participating organisations with annual Green Health Care Awards.
See a copy of a sample Scorecard here.
Participation
Participation is FREE for hospitals. The 2019 GHS collecting 2018 data is currently closed.
At this time, only hospitals are invited to participate. If you are a Long Term Care Facilitator interested in how we can offer this opportunity please contact Dan Ritchie, at dan@greenhealthcare.ca
Information on how the CCGHC will handle data confidentiality can be found in the Green Hospital Scorecard FAQ.
2018 Green Hospital Scorecard Report
Click here to read the full report.
2017 Green Hospital Scorecard Report
Click here to read the full 2018 GHS report
2016 Green Hospital Scorecard Report
Click here to read the full 2018 GHS report
Green Health Care Award Webinars - Celebrating the 2018 Green Hospital Scorecard Results
Click here to watch the Green Health Care Awards Top Performers webinar, hosted on December 11th, 2019.
Event description: This webinar celebrated achievements in sustainability from hospitals across Canada. The Coalition hosted webinar included: award presentations, profile of top performers and program successes, and shared the latest environmental innovations in the field. The 2018 Green Health Care Awards webinar celebrated initiatives from non-accute, community, academic and small hospitals. A total of 16 awards were presented to top performers in energy, water, waste and Green Hospital of the Year.
Click here to watch the Ontario Green Health Care Awards Energy webinar, hosted on December 12th, 2019.
Event description: The Coalition hosted a webinar that included hospital sites from across Canada celebrating achievements in sustainability. In celebration of the Green Hospital Scorecard results, there was a presentation on sustainability successes in health care related to energy and energy behaviour. This webinar included presentations profiling top performers in energy efficiency and a ceremony presenting 11 Green Hospital Scorecard energy awards.
Click here to watch the Green Hospital Scorecard - Innovation webinar, hosted on December 16th, 2019.
Event description: The Green Hospital Scorecard should act as a tool for innovation within health care sites. This webinar focused on the process of innovation within health care sites, and how the 2018 Green Hospital Scorecard has added various categories to gather more in-depth data.
2018 Green Hospital Scorecard Webinars
Educational webinar
Review of the GHS survey, how to submit your data and an overview of the new sections (Transportation, Food, Climate Change, Energy Behaviour).
- This webinar was hosted on Thursday, February 14 2019. Click here to view slides.
Energy Behaviour webinar
With the generous support from SaveONEnergy, we will also be offering a introduction and overview on Energy Behaviour webinar.
- The webinar was hosted on Wednesday, February 20 2019. Click here to view the slides.
- Click here to view the newly added scorecard questions on Energy Behaviour.
2017 Ontario Green Health Care Award Webinars
Click here to watch the Ontario Green Health Care Awards Top Performers webinar, hosted on June 26th, 2018.
Event description: This webinar celebrated achievements in sustainability from hospitals across Canada. The Coalition hosted webinar included: award presentations, profile of top performers and program successes, and shared the latest environmental innovations in the field. The Ontario Green Health Care Awards webinar celebrated initiatives from non-accute, community, academic and small hospitals. A total of 16 awards were presented to top performers in energy, water, waste and Green Hospital of the Year.
Click here to view the Energy Focus: Ontario Green Health Care Awards webinar, hosted on June 28th, 2018. Sponsored by Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).
Event description: The Coalition along with hospital sites from across Canada celebrated achievements in sustainability. This free webinar included: an awards presentation, profiling top performers in energy and program successes, and sharing the latest environmental innovations in the field. This webinar will highlighted and celebrated achievement from non-accute, community, academic and small hospitals.
Click here to read the 2017 GHS Guidance on Interpretation of the Scorecard.
For questions please contact dan@greenhealthcare.ca
Click here for a link to the 2017 GHS educational webinar hosted on November 28th, 2017.
2016 Green Hospital Scorecard Winners Results and Resources
Presentation on 2016 GHS winners
Click here for webinars, sector reports, and case studies from the 2016 GHS program.
Click here for a link to the 2017 GHS educational webinar hosted on November 28th, 2017.
Award Sponsors
Through our annual Canadian Health Care
Coalition Project Members
Dan Ritchie, Green Hospital Scorecard Manager - Project Lead
Linda Varangu, Senior Advisor, Climate Change - Project Advisor
Kent Waddington, Communications Director - Project Advisor
Project Contact
For more information, please contact
Dan Ritchie
Green Hospital Scorecard Coordinator
dan@greenhealthcare.ca
Project Sponsors
A big thank you to Save on Energy for their continued financial support of the Ontario Green Health Care Energy Award.
