Welcome to the Sustainability Roadmap
Today's health care leaders are approaching sustainability with many different priorities, opinions, and perspectives. Every hospital has a different mix of drivers and motivators for taking on sustainability as a goal. For some, being in compliance in a high-risk regulatory environment is a driver. Others are responding to external pressure to address environmental issues like climate change or resource conservation. Some simply want to be better environmental stewards. Most are looking for cost savings. Whatever your motivations, we can all probably agree that using less energy and less water and generating less waste can both save money and contribute to cleaner air and water and a healthier environment. The Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals is designed to help you chart a course that responds to your organization's drivers and set targets and individualized action plans that work for your facility.
Introduction to the Roadmap
Whether you are a CEO, sustainability manager, facility engineer, supply chain director, floor nurse, administrative assistant, or anyone else interested in sustainability issues in health care, the Roadmap will enable you to learn, encourage, strategize, prioritize, and/or implement plans to achieve your organization's sustainability goals. Here is a summary of what you will find in each section of the Roadmap website:
- About: An introduction to the website, its sponsoring organizations' commitments, and a guide for how to use the Roadmap
- Topics: An overview of each main topic area, including energy, water, waste, and supply chain
- Drivers: A set of talking points to help you better understand the motivating factors that drive sustainability in your organization or facility
- Strategies: Strategic planning resources to help you set specific sustainability goals and develop short- and long-term action plans to reach those goals
- Implementation: How-to guides, tools, and case studies organized by topic area to assist you in the implementation and management of specific sustainability projects
- Resources: The Roadmap library, where you can find more in-depth information and additional resources