The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care offers networking and updates on current Green Health Care initiatives particularly in Canada, but also around the globe. We provide guidance, support and a range of resources to help health care facilities address environmental sustainability issues including from the list of topics below. And we have won awards for our work!
Awards:
The Coalition is proud to announce that we are the winner of these awards over the past several years: see greenhealthcare.ca/awards/
- ENERGY STAR™ Advocate of the Year Award for 2019, on behalf of Natural Resources Canada. We also won this award in 2017 and 2015
- 2020 Healthcare Climate Challenge Award from Global Green and Healthy Hospitals, a program of Health Care Without Harm
- GOLD designation in Climate Leadership in 2018, 2017, and 2016.
Green Digest:
Sign up for your free subscription to the Canadian Green Health Care Digest at greenhealthcare.ca/digest so you can receive information on current and upcoming events and initiatives as well as updates on Coalition activities and resources.
ListServ:
The Coalition’s Question and Answer ListServ is an email-based forum to exchange ideas and ask questions of like-minded green health care practitioners. Sign up for free by sending an email to ccghc-listserv+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Key Project Areas
Here is a summary of the projects and initiatives we have worked on over the past several years. You can also find them under Programs and Projects on our website.
Green Hospital Score Card
- The Green Hospital Scorecard and Awards, a made in Canada standardized, sector-specific environmental benchmarking tool, developed to assist hospital leadership determine their environmental performance. The GHS Awards recognizes top performers. greenhealthcare.ca/ghs
Green Leadership
- The Green Health Leaders Initiative to support senior leaders, medical and board members: greenhealthcare.ca/ghli
- Joint Position Statement: Toward an Environmentally Responsible Canadian Health Sector: https://www.greenhealthcare.ca/images/pdf/jps.pdf
- Doing Less Harm: Assessing and Reducing the Environmental and Health Impact of Canada’s Health Care System: https://greenhealthcare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/14_Doing-Less-Harm.pdf
Energy Management
- Our energy management social enterprise model provides knowledgeable cost-effective energy contracting services to health care facilities in Ontario through HealthCare Energy Leaders Ontario (HELO) greenhealthcare.ca/helo. The success of HELO has driven the Coalition to offer these services nationally as HealthCare Energy Leaders Canada (HELC).
- The Coalition’s energy training initiative targeted health care facilities in remote northern First Nations Communities along the western coast of James Bay, Ontario. WAHA First Nations Energy Project: greenhealthcare.ca/northernenergy
- Medical Imaging Equipment Energy Use Study: Assessing Opportunities to Reduce Energy Consumption in the Health Care Sector.
- RETScreen Clean Energy Management Software: greenhealthcare.ca/retscreen
Climate Change
- Health Care Facility Climate Change Resiliency Toolkit: greenhealthcare.ca/climate-change/resiliency
- Canada’s first Climate Change Resiliency Mentoring program for hospitals and long term care facilities greenhealthcare.ca/mentoring
- Climate Change Guide for Health Care Professionals, Module 6: Taking Action on Climate Change at Health Facilities.
- GHG + H2O Green Facility Toolkit: greenhealthcare.ca/ghgwater
- Climate Change Resiliency Profiles: greenhealthcare.ca/climate-change/resiliency
- Fact Sheets – How Climate Change will impact health care facilities: greenhealthcare.ca/mentoring
Water Conservation
- GHG + H2O Green Facility Toolkit: greenhealthcare.ca/ghgwater
Waste Management
- Recycling single-use devices in Canadian hospitals: greenhealthcare.ca/recycling-single-use-device-reprocessing-in-canadian-hospitals-grand-river-hospital
- Magazine Subscription Cancellation Mini Toolkit: greenhealthcare.ca/tools-and-resources/magazines
- Case Studies and Best Practices
- Green Best Practice Case Study #6: Taking a Bite Out of Organic Waste
Healthy and Sustainable Foods
- Local Food for Ontario Hospitals: An assessment of the practicality, cost benefit, health and environmental benefits of incorporating more local food into patient and cafeteria meals.
- Report on Food Provision in Ontario Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities: The challenges and opportunities of incorporating local foods
- Local Food Provision in Ontario’s Hospitals and Long-term Care Facilities: Recommendations for stakeholders
- Healthy Sustainable Food Procurement: Making the case for health care engagement.
- Healthy Food in Health Care: A pledge for sustainable food
Safer Chemicals
- Reducing toxic and hazardous waste in the health care community. Safer Chemicals Best Practice Case Studies
- Fragrance Free Implementation Kit: greenhealthcare.ca/safer-chemicals/fragrance-free-implementation-kit
Sustainable Facilities
- The Green Office toolkit for health care clinicians and office managers: greenhealthcare.ca/green-office-toolkit