Sustainability Goes Global Building a Global Movement Seema Wadhwa Director, Healthier Hospitals Initiative Director of Sustainability, Inova Health System Healthy People on a Healthy Planet
Sustainability Goes Global Building a Global Movement Seema Wadhwa Director, Healthier Hospitals Initiative Director of Sustainability, Inova Health System.
Dec 30, 2015
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Sustainability Goes Global
Building a Global Movement
Seema WadhwaDirector, Healthier Hospitals Initiative
Director of Sustainability, Inova Health System
Healthy People on a Healthy Planet
The Ten Challenges
Leadership Chemicals Waste Energy Water
Transportation Food Pharmaceuticals Buildings Purchasing
www.greenhospitals.net
Organizational and System Members Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association Chinese Hospital Association, Architectural Research Branch Department of Health, Thailand (GREEN and CLEAN
Hospitals Program) FHI360 (Global) Health Promoting Hospitals Network, Environment Task
Force (Global) Healthier Hospital Initiative (US) Indonesia Hospital Association (Indonesia) National Health Service Sustainability Unit (UK) Synergie Santé Environnement (Canada)
Global Spread
A Collective ImpactGlobal Reduction of Mercury
5,000 U.S. health care facilities have pledged to go mercury-free; all
major pharmacy chains stop selling mercury
thermometers
2013 - HCWH and WHO with global partnership
win global ban on mercury-containing medical products
2014 – HCWH publishes summary of 15 year campaign in
SSIR“Lessons in Forging Global
Change”
Redefining Community Benefit
“Your support to providing healthy fruits and vegetables to underserved communities is instrumental in addressing future health issues.”
Edward AvalosUSDA Under Secretary
Employee EngagementGrowth
The Future of HealthSafety Physician Engagement
Process Improvement
Quality
Patient ExperienceCost
Community
Sustainability
10
If you would like to go fast, go alone.
If you would like to go far,go together.
-African Proverb
Are YOU up for the challenge?THANK YOU!
Courtesy of Cleveland Clinic Office of Sustainability
Donald Berwick
Jeff Thompson
Blair Sadler
Seema Wadhwa
Robin Guenther
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