Our approach | Health Care Without Harm (Main)

Health Care Without Harm is uniquely meeting the challenges at the intersection of health, climate, equity, and the environment. We are an international organization dedicated to providing resources, knowledge, and inspiration to the health care sector that help increase sustainability, resilience, and limit the sector's environmental impact.

What we do

Health Care Without Harm's focus was born from the simple but important oath: “First, do no harm.” Today, our approach has evolved to focus on healing the harm caused by the health care sector while creating and protecting the climate and our health well into the future.

Health Care Without Harm offers a community of sustainable health care experts, helpful resources, and actionable knowledge to guide the way in building a more sustainable, climate-smart health care sector.

Access resources to help you make sustainable, climate-smart, and energy-reducing changes within health care.

Europe Global Latin America

Southeast Asia U.S. & Canada

Tap into a network of like-minded professionals in the health sector with the same goals, all working to create a healthier, more sustainable future.

Join the global conversation, encourage ecologically sustainable practices, and work directly with the health care sector to influence change.

Europe Global Latin America

Southeast Asia U.S. & Canada

Our focus

Overcome some of the biggest challenges facing sustainable health care. Learn more about the issues we focus on and how you can get involved.

Climate

Climate change is a major global public health threat. Explore our wide range of tools and resources to help your practice become climate-smart.

Procurement

Improve your practices so that they create positive, lasting impacts for your staff, patients, and community while harnessing your purchasing power to move the market toward sustainable alternatives.

Chemicals & plastics

Explore opportunities to tackle the use of harmful plastics and chemicals in your hospital or practice.

Food

Learn how procurement, menuing, waste management, and investing practices can reduce your climate impact, help you serve delicious healthy on-trend food, and grow resilient food systems.

Waste

Learn helpful tips to limit waste and hear inspiring stories of health leaders around the world who are making a change.

Pharmaceuticals

Safer, non-toxic drugs can protect our health and the health of the environment. Explore how you can protect fragile ecosystems, through climate-smart pharmaceutical practices.

Energy

Achieve sustainable health care operations by reducing energy consumption and moving to clean, renewable options.