Insight 29: Greener Health Systems: Where to Start
11 min
How Providence Uses the WE ACT Framework to Measure, Manage, and Achieve Carbon-Negative Healthcare Across 51 Hospitals
Providence was the first health system in the United States to commit to becoming carbon negative by 2030, a goal that spans 51 hospitals, more than 1,000 clinics, and 120,000 caregivers across seven western states. In this Insight from Episode 104: Practicing Green Health, Beth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chief Environmental Stewardship Officer at Providence, explains what it takes to make an operational rather than just aspirational commitment. She describes the WE ACT framework and scorecard that allows Providence to track resource use, cost, and carbon emissions month by month across every hospital, and explains her practical answer to the question she hears most from other hospitals: where to begin.
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