The pandemic heightened everyone’s awareness of the impact the medical and healthcare sectors have on the environment, and the carbon emissions that arise from single-use items. But often healthcare organisations have conflicting priorities when it

The medical device industry still has a long way to go when it comes to 'going green', but a wave of change is underway with an increasing number of manufacturers shifting towards sustainable and innovative

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today released updated Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change to help Federal agencies better assess and disclose climate impacts as they conduct environmental reviews, delivering more certainty

Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating underlying vulnerabilities, worsening human health, and disrupting health systems’ abilities to deliver high-quality continuous care. This review synthesizes the evidence of what the health care sector can do

The United States health care sector is one of the largest polluting industries, which has significant adverse effects on human health. Medical device reprocessing (MDR) is a sustainability solution that has the potential to decrease

Because 60% to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions from hospitals come from the supply chain, “low-hanging fruit” solutions such as programs to reprocess medical devices labeled for single-use will continue to grow substantially. Supply chain