Policies

Covenant Health Systems, Tewksbury, Mass.

• Sustainable Design, Construction and Building Operations

Kaiser Permanente – Water Policy

Providence Health & Services – Washington/Montana Region, Renton, Wash.

• Environmental Stewardship Council

St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica, N.Y.

• 2008 Notable Environmental Accomplishments
• Environmental Vendor Evaluation
• Environmental Management System Manual
• Environmental Aspects Management
• Environmental Legal and Other Requirements
• Environmental Operational Controls
• Evaluation of Compliance with Environmental Legal and Other Requirements
• Environmental Competency, Training and Awareness
• Environmental Record Retention
• Environmental Management System Roles and Responsibilities
• Mercury Minimization Plan
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy

St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich.

• SJMHS Safety Policy

St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, Mont.

• Environmental Stewardship – Recycling

Practices

• Saint Alphonsus Makes Surgery More Environmentally-Friendly (video)
• 8th & 8th Medical Office building with "green" design opens on Mercy campus — Grand opening & ribbon cutting scheduled for August 12
• Wheeling Hospital Kicks Off Go Green Initiative
• Mercy offers reusable mugs to cut down on paper cup waste (PDF)
• Hospitals prove green strategies can be inexpensive, low-tech, Catholic Health World, February 1, 2009
• Textiles in the Hospital Setting — St. Joseph's Medical Center, Catholic Healthcare West (video)

Resources

• Dignitiy Health FY18 Sustainability Report
• Ascension Environmental Stewardship Program web page
• FY16 Ascension Journal of Environmental Stewardship Best Practices
• Climate Change and Health in the U.S. — Catholic Health Initiatives
• Ascension Health's 2012 Meeting Healthy Brochure

Reports

• Ascension FY17 Environmental Stewardship Program Report
• Ascension Environmental Stewardship FY14 Report