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CAHA FORUM PROGRAM

Greening the healthcare sector forum: Program out now!

The Climate and Health Alliance, Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network, and the Western Australia Sustainable Development Unit are partnering to deliver the forum, hosted by South Metropolitan Health Service, Australia.

Sirio-Libanês Hospital, Brazil

SHiPP case study | Sociedade Beneficente de Senhoras Hospital Sírio Libanês, Brazil

The Sirio-Libanês Hospital, a major health system in Brazil, has prioritized sustainability. Their efforts have resulted in a 40% reduction in energy consumption and a projected 15% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Challenge Awards

Health Care Climate Challenge (HCCC) participants are on the cutting edge of defining what truly climate-smart health care can and should be. Each year, we recognize their progress and commitments with our Climate Champion Awards. It's an opportunity to celebrate achievements across our three pillars of mitigation, resilience, and leadership and to showcase their leadership to the health care sector around the world. 

Global gathering

Health care organizations from across the world unite to chart the path for climate action

Representatives from hospitals worldwide assembled to exchange experiences in their progress toward climate-smart health care.

Syamsudin Hospital

SHiPP case study | Regional General Hospital R. Syamsudin, Indonesia

By investing in a water treatment facility, they tackled the high water consumption challenge in health care.

Climate Challenge Award Winners

Since 2015, Health Care Without Harm has been honouring institutions who excel in Leadership, Resilience, and Mitigation. With almost 500 participants, the Climate Challenge celebrates exceptional achievements and contributions in these three pillars. Join us in recognizing the remarkable winners who have raised the bar and redefined climate-smart healthcare, fostering transformative change within the sector and the world.

Xylene

Case study | Royal Hospital's xylene chemical recycling program delivers sustainable and cost-saving success

The Royal Hospital, Oman's largest government tertiary hospital, has successfully implemented a xylene chemical recycling program, showcasing its commitment to sustainability and innovation in healthcare.

Bicentenario Family Health Center, inaugurated in 2020.

SHiPP case study | Talca's Communal Department of Health, Chile

The Communal Department of Health is an outsourced service dedicated to managing the public health centers of Talca’s municipality. In 2020, as a result of its participation in the procurement project, a major environmental milestone was achieved: the Sustainable Public Procurement Guidelines of Talca’s Communal Department of Health were approved by Municipal Decree.

CEC-The consulting meeting for the improvement of the evaluation guidance

SHiPP case study | Environmental United Certification Center, China

In order to create a systematic tool to guide and evaluate Chinese healthcare institutions’ sustainable procurement, Rock Environment and Energy Institute (REEI) collaborated with CEC to develop a Sustainable Procurement Evaluation Guidance for Healthcare Institutions in 2019, which is a sub-project supported by SHiPP.

V Conferencia Latinoamericana de la Red Global de Hospitales Verdes y Saludables

The 5th Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Latin American Conference was held

On July 12th and 13th, 2023, the 5th Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Latin American Conference was held. It was a space for dialogue on the main environmental challenges and responses in the health care sector and to learn about specific experiences that have led to progress in health care facilities within the region, in line with the goals of the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Sustainability Agenda.

Procurement of disinfectant products. Photo by Anders Bolmstedt, Region Västra Götaland.

SHiPP case study | Region Västra Götaland, Sweden

In Sweden, harmonising sustainability criteria amongst different public authorities is important to reduce administrative burden and give a clear signal to the market through specialised collaborative networks that share expertise and tools.

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