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Water resource conservation and reuse. The acquisition and installation of a Wastewater Treatment Facility reduces the use of fresh water by at least 70%.

Maintain the same level of electrical energy consumption through the year 2028 using the limit calculated for 2020. This level will be maintained even with the expansion of the hospital and the potential increase in thermal loads used. Reduce GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to 2020.

La misión de Salud sin Daño es transformar el sector de la salud para que reduzca su huella ambiental, se convierta en un punto de referencia para la comunidad en materia de sostenibilidad y en un líder global del movimiento por la salud y la justicia ambiental.

The hospital reduced total energy consumption by 40%. The energy reduction will result in a 15% reduction in total GHG emissions.

The Second Hospital of Jilin University has been actively working on sustainability for years, and has made outstanding achievements in building energy savings, medical waste management, and hazardous chemical reduction.

Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP) case study: China Environmental United Certification Center, Beijing, China.

GGHH sustainability focal points have engaged the National Centre for Disease Control procurement officers and supply chain professionals to move sustainability through the agency.

 A comprehensive National Green Hospital Standard Accreditation was developed in collaboration with the Health & Leadership Platform (HELP) & Quality Accreditation Institute (QAI) that highlights the relationship of procurement to the standard as a whole.

The hospital is a leader in implementing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - reducing the use of hazardous pesticides by substituting more sustainable choices. The facility drafted and implemented an IPM policy which led to the adoption of a province-wide policy (Free State), ensuring that the practice became a required practice.

The goals were to achieve an overall cleanliness score of above 90% during the National Core Standards Assessment, reduce cleaning chemical-related injuries on duty, and to phase-out cleaning products that appear on the Health Without Harm's Chemicals of Concern to Health and the Environment list.

Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP) case study: E.S.E. Hospital San Rafael de Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia

In 2020, due to the need to reinforce cleaning and disinfection actions to minimize SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with the help of the Infections Committee, the COVID Interdisciplinary Group, and the Supplies Management and Environmental Management areas, Club Noel Children's Clinical Foundation started a thorough exploration of the active components of the supplies needed to clean and disinfect the hospital, complying with all protocols of the Colombian National Health Institute.