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.
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.
