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

The Ten Challenges LeadershipChemicalsWasteEnergy Water Transportation Food PharmaceuticalsBuildingsPurchasing

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 Connected World Decline in Medical Waste Incinerators in the U.S.

A Collective Impact Global Reduction of Mercury 5,000 U.S. health care facilities have pledged to go mercury-free; all major pharmacy chains stop selling mercury thermometers 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”

A Collective Power

Redefining Community Benefit “Your support to providing healthy fruits and vegetables to underserved communities is instrumental in addressing future health issues.” Edward Avalos USDA Under Secretary

Employee Engagement Growth The Future of Health Safety Physician Engagement Process Improvement Quality Patient Experience Cost 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