GGHH News & Updates

Over 70 health care institutions, representing more than 14,000 hospitals and health care facilities from 25 countries, have joined the campaign.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has made enormous strides in incorporating environmentally friendly practices and systems into its day-to-day workings.

The hospital started to work on sustainable procurement in 2018. After identifying and gathering sustainability criteria based on the Health Care Without Harm’s Sustainable Procurement Guide, in 2020 the institution formalized and documented its sustainable procurement process.

Health Care Without Harm is pleased to announce the celebration of the 5th Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Latin American Conference.

Europe's leading conference on sustainable healthcare, CleanMed Europe 2023, will take place from 5-9 June 2023. The theme of this year’s online conference is Changing the climate of healthcare.

You can now submit presentations and workshop proposals on how to empower action to deliver sustainable and climate-resilient health care.

Produced by the Climate and Health Alliance, it highlights the experiences, success stories, and results of the GGHH network in the Pacific region.

By taking measures to improve management, the Second Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, China, reduced energy consumption and emissions, enhanced hospital safety, and improved medical waste management.

NHS Scotland (UK) is demonstrating its commitment to sustainable development and has joined the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) network.

Hospital Santa Izabel, a part of the Santa Casa da Bahia system, is a member of the GGHH network in Brazil. They created and implemented an energy management program focused on energy efficiency.

The European Sustainable Healthcare Project of the Year award is an exciting new initiative that celebrates the sustainability efforts of healthcare organisations across the WHO Europe region.

The District Six Clinic, in Cape Town, implemented a rain harvesting system during one of the most severe droughts that affected the region. The harvested water amounted to 21% of the facility’s total water consumption.