GreenHealthy®
Environmental Leadership for healthcare


Premier – An environmental leader

Serving 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 66,000-plus other healthcare sites, members of the Premier healthcare alliance are working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability.

Premier leads the industry, being named a "Champion for Change" award recipient from Practice Greenhealth (formerly H2E) eight years in a row - firmly establishing Premier and its members as leaders in healthcare and setting the bar in the industry for commitment to environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) and sustainability best practices.

Premier was selected for the award for its commitment to a healthy environment, evidenced in its GreenHealthy® program, led by the Premier Safety Institute. GreenHealthy includes Premier’s EPP (environmentally preferable purchasing) program, an internal corporate-wide Yes to Green program, leadership education and “quick win” case studies on sustainability best practices, and SPHERE (Securing Proven Healthcare Energy Reduction (for the) Ecosystem) a collaborative climate and energy initiative to reduce the healthcare industry’s carbon footprint.

Premier’s EPP Work Group provides advice and guidance on our EPP program and other GreenHealthy initiatives at Premier.

Download a summary of Premier’s GreenHealthy® program (334 KB pdf)

SPHERE

Securing Proven Healthcare Energy Reduction (for the) Ecosystem will build on Premier’s commitment to a healthy environment, focusing on reducing industry energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. More information about SPHERE.

EPP (Environmentally Preferable Purchasing) program

Premier’s EPP program is a partnership between the Premier Safety Institute and Premier’s group purchasing program to identify environmentally friendly products, packaging and services. In collaboration with our contracted suppliers and member contracting teams and committees, Premier helps to ensure the availability of those products and services for our members.

Product information Premier provides lists of contracted suppliers and products that are environmentally preferable on its public Premier Safety Institute Web site and in the electronic Supply Chain Advisor* member Catalog.

Tools and Resources for implementing environmentally preferable purchasing and green healthcare practices are available from the Premier Safety Institute, including:

Education Programs Downloadable programs, MP3 recordings, slides and resources on selected green topics are available in our Safety Store.

Advocacy Premier provides testimony and communications with federal agencies and Congress on key environmental issues for healthcare, advocating a rationale, cost-effective, and evidence-based approach.  View Advocacy website.

Partnerships Premier has established strategic partnerships with organizations that share our environmental goals, including:

YES to GREEN - Corporate initiative

Led by the internal “Green Team”, environmentally preferable and green considerations guide the acquisition, use, maintenance, reuse, recycling, and disposal of products and services used throughout Premier’s corporate offices, business operations, and conference services. A special employee Yes to Green Web site provides tips for office and home, guidance on corporate initiatives, and highlights successes, including the recycling of more than 5 tons of IT equipment, to date.  Learn more about the Green Team initiatives.

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