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Once the sustainable parameters of recycling, waste reduction and sustainability leadership have been taken root in a medical facility, one of the next steps to take involves implementing energy efficient tactics. This may be a daunting step for many institutions … Continue reading
This article has been reprinted from the Huffington Post. . I have had conversations with many federal government contractors recently about sustainable business practices. Many are unaware of the federal requirements around sustainability. Did you know that if you are … Continue reading
In a prior blog, we discussed certain criteria to keep in mind developing or reviewing internal sustainability metrics. The next question is – which areas of the organization should be the point of focus when determining metrics? There are five … Continue reading
In a previous blog , I discussed how to quantify the intangible benefits of sustainability in an organization. While this is not easy, there are ways to at least estimate what those benefits are. The question now is how much … Continue reading
When organizations evaluate a sustainability project, they usually look at the ROI based on materials and labor costs and estimated savings. While some benefits can be easily quantified this way, such as the amount of energy saved by implementing a … Continue reading
Over the past 15 years, many excellent studies regarding waste in the healthcare industry have been released, bringing to light the environmental issues that have been percolating under the surface for years. In 2009, Townend (et al.) released an exceptional … Continue reading
With topics such as climate change and sustainable development taking center stage in political debates, governments have started setting economic, environmental and social goals to handle the environmental problems. One can find a reflection of this in GSA’s released recently Sustainability … Continue reading
The dawn of the single-use device (SUD) did not begin with a federal mandate; it came from the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) themselves. Their popularity spread in the 1980’s with the increase of infectious-borne diseases such as AIDS and HIV. … Continue reading
In 1987 the Brundtland Report defined Sustainable Development as development that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. In today’s management parlance regenerative development is one step added … Continue reading
When most of us think of the cost of health care today, our minds shift immediately to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that was signed into law in March of 2010. As the government and health care … Continue reading
