Our powerful network will transform the health sector — ensuring it can balance the immediate needs for mitigation, resilience, and equity, while serving as a leader in the broader shift to a just, low-carbon economy.
Explore our work across geographic regions
Climate
Reduce emissions, build climate-smart and resilient hospitals and communities, and mobilize health care's influence.
Procurement
Leverage health care's purchasing power to reduce environmental and social impacts through procurement choices.
Chemicals & Plastics
Explore alternatives and solutions to tackle the use of toxic substances and plastic waste in health care.
Waste
Solve on-the-ground waste issues such as reduction, segregation, and recycling.
Food
Promote food as medicine, address the climate impact of food purchasing and production, and reduce food waste.
Pharmaceuticals
Explore how the sector can influence the way pharmaceuticals are produced, managed, disposed of, and consumed.
Energy
Discover our tools and resources to help you make the switch to more sustainable power solutions.
Climate
Collective action at a global level can radically change how the health sector impacts our climate and as a result, how climate impacts our health. Discover how to reduce emissions, build climate-smart and resilient hospitals and communities, and mobilize health care's ethical, economic, and political influence to advance the transition to a more sustainable, equitable future.
Procurement
When deciding on products and services, health care organizations can consider not only effectiveness but also overall environmental impact, worker and patient safety, and community impact. Leverage health care's purchasing power to reduce environmental and social impacts through procurement choices. Discover resources and strategies on the total cost of product ownership, identifying local producers and sustainable products, and more. Join our vast global network as we drive innovation and market shifts to better alternatives.
Chemicals and plastics
Learn about the initiatives, solutions, and projects Health Care Without Harm’s global network is conducting and implementing in different regions to reduce the impact of chemicals and plastics on our health and environment. Explore alternatives and solutions to tackle the use of toxic substances and plastic waste in health care. Learn how to choose safer products, reduce hazardous chemical use, and adopt safer practices in all areas of health care including pesticides, lab chemicals, cleaners and disinfectants, medical devices, and more. Get involved in reducing chemical use, preventing plastic pollution, and protecting your community.
Waste
Hospitals generate millions of tons of waste each year. Waste is complex, expensive to manage, and a common challenge for health care organizations. Our guidance will help you solve on-the-ground waste issues such as reduction, segregation, and recycling. Learn about innovative strategies such as circular economies. Explore what changes you can make through best practices and waste management strategies.
Food
Hospitals can reduce their climate impact and support the growth of resilient food systems through food purchasing, menuing, waste management, and investing practices. Our resources and guidance make it easier for health care to achieve procurement, climate mitigation, and equity benchmarks. Learn how to promote food as medicine, tackle diet-related diseases, address the climate impact of food purchasing and production, and reduce food waste while serving delicious, healthy, on-trend, planet-friendly food.
Pharmaceuticals
The health care sector is taking action to reduce the harmful effects of pharmaceutical residues. Health Care Without Harm works with different stakeholders to transform the way pharmaceuticals are produced, managed, disposed of, and consumed throughout their life cycle. Find out how you can protect the planet and your community's health by influencing from production to consumption.
Energy
Our mission is to accelerate the use of cleaner, more sustainable, and resilient energy solutions to power health care organizations while reducing health care’s climate impact. Explore how you can make a difference where you are and find tools to help you make the switch to more sustainable power solutions. Discover how innovative energy efficiency projects in hospitals ignite transformation in the health care sector worldwide.