June 2015

In this Issue

Health Systems Worldwide Pledge Climate Action

South Africa | GGHH Members Participate in Public Health Conference

GGHH Exchange | Chinese Members Visit the U.S.

US | Report: Three Years of Sustainability Achievement Among Hospitals

New Case Studies

Welcome New Members!

New Case Studies

Australia | Stakeholder Engagement, Mater Health Services. Download case study

Argentina | Elimination of Mercury Thermometers and Sphygmomanometers, Hospital Zonal General de Agudos “Dr. Enrique F. Erill”. Download case study (in Spanish)

See more case studies on the GGHH Web

Welcome New Members

AME Itapevi, Brazil

Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, China

Beijing Shijitan Hosppital, China

Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (2020 Challenge participant)

CCOR Clinica Do Coração, Brazil

Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (2020 Challenge participant)

Guanshan Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (2020 Challenge participant)

E-DA Hospital, Taiwan

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Colombia

George Hospital, South Africa

Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa

Hospital Centro Médico, Guatemala

Hospital de Gastroenterología “Carlos Bonorino Udaondo", Argentina

Hospital de Lonquimay, Chile

Hospital de Río Bueno, Chile

Hospital Estadual Américo Brasiliense, Brazil

Hospital Estadual Anchieta, Brazil

Hospital Federal de Ipanema, Brazil

Hospital Municipal de Mogi Das Cruzes, Brazil

Hospital Regional Público da Transamazônica, Brazil

Hospital Nelson Restrepo Martínez E.S.E., Colombia

Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer, Brazil

Hualien Tzu Chi Medical Center, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (2020 Challenge participant)

Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Taiwan (2020 Challenge participant)

Korean Hospital Association, South Korea

La Fundación Hospital Infantil Los Ángeles, Colombia

MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (2020 Challenge participant)

Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (2020 Challenge participant)

UnitingCare Health, Australia

University Health Network, Canada (2020 Challenge participant)

Waitemata District Health Board, New Zealand

Worcester Hospital, South Africa

Yuli Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (2020Challenge participant)

See full list of members

GGHH Surpasses 500 Member Mark

In May of 2015. GGHH reached a major milestone: 500 members! Since launching in 2011, the initiative has grown by leaps and bounds to 524 members (Hospitals, Health Care Facilities, Health Systems and Health, Professional and Academic Organizations) representing the interests of more than 12,500 Hospitals and Health Centers from 32 countries.

Our 500th member was welcomed during the workshop on Green Hospitals' Building and Management organized by the Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals in China. Seventy leaders from 22 hospitals participated in the event (see image gallery).

Thank you to all of our members and colleagues for joining us and supporting us to make GGHH a success. We have become a global movement to transform the health sector and foster a healthy future as a collective force. We look forward to what the coming years will bring for us all and have our eyes set on the next goal: 1,000 members.

Health Systems Worldwide Pledge Climate Action

Leading health care institutions from across the globe are pledging to take meaningful action on climate change, kicking off a worldwide campaign to mobilize hospitals and health systems to address one of humanity’s most pressing problems in the lead-up to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris this December. Their commitment signals the launch of the 2020 Health Care Climate Challenge.

The 2020 Challenge also marks the first international effort ever to track emissions and take measurable actions to reduce the sector’s carbon footprint. Read more and see full list of participants

South Africa | GGHH Members Participate in Public Health Conference

GGHH members, Stellenbosch University and Khayelitsha Hospital travelled to share their sustainability programs at the 4th Edition of the annual African Health Congress held in Johannesburg.

Sustainability coordinators from each hospital presented their efforts to reduce their environmental footprint including: specific projects and programs, successes, and plans for the future. Read more

GGHH Exchange | Chinese Members Visit the U.S.

Dr. Yang Wei, Vice-President of the Second Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, China visited two Practice Greenhealth award-winning hospitals in Seattle and San Francisco.

During her visit, both hospitals showed their strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, waste segregation actions, recycling initiatives, and food programs focused on sustainability and local food procurement. Read more

In May, GGHH also participated in Cleanmed US. One of the breakout sessions led by GGHH, the Chinese Academy of Building Research and the Chinese Hospital Association presented their work towards greater energy efficiency, designing and constructing greener buildings, substituting hazardous chemicals and seeking ways to manage medical waste.

US | Report: Three Years of Sustainability Achievement Among Hospitals

The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI), GGHH founding member, released their second Milestone Report.

HHI’s 2014 Milestone Report summarizes three years of progress among hospitals big and small, rural and urban that submitted data to quantify their sustainability efforts. The HHI campaign nationally has reached more than 1,000 total enrollees in 2014. Read more

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