In the healthcare industry, Practice Greenhealth found that American hospitals produce 5.9 million tons of waste each year.  In an effort to be more green, a 2012 Commonwealth Fund study estimates if energy-saving practices were

Gary Cohen, Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, and on the board of the American Sustainable Business Council and Health Leads, published an article in Forbes as part of a special series for World

In an article from Beckers Hospital Review Huron Consulting Group issued a briefing entitled, “Ten Overlooked Opportunities for Significant Performance Improvement and Cost Savings.”  The briefing lists Reprocessing of single-use devices among the ways hospitals and

CleanMed, is the premier conference on environmental sustainability for the health care sector which attracts leaders and key decision makers from across the industry.  Next week, April 24-26th 2013 is their conference highlighting the health

Protecting the environment is a top priority for the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.  In its journey to greener options, it has published its first “sustainability report,” which documents a variety of sustainability efforts

Eco RI News reports that twenty percent of hospital waste comes from the operating room.  In an effort to encourage more hospital sustainability, Hospitals for a Healthy Environment in Rhode Island (H2ERI) has presented their inaugural