5 Sustainable Solutions for Healthcare
For over 100 years, the MillerKnoll collective of brands has improved spaces and the world. MillerKnoll works with global partners to reduce their carbon footprint, design out waste, and source better materials, creating a more equitable and sustainable future.
Reduced Footprint
Emissions can be an important social determinant of health, aggravating respiratory and cardiovascular disease, causing injuries from natural and weather-related disasters, altering the distribution of food resources, and changing patterns in illness and infectious diseases. (1)Safe Material Chemistry
People suffer from chronic diseases that have strong links to environmental factors, including exposure to hazardous chemicals commonly found in products. When hospitals purchase safer products, they can impact the long-term public and environmental health of their communities and the broader society. (2)
Resilience and Reuse
For healthcare organizations, climate-driven physical disruptions can also create new resilience challenges—straining health systems, their infrastructure, and their ability to provide care. (1)
Single-Use Plastic Reduction
One of the main challenges in fighting pollution is eliminating single-use plastics widely used in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. (3)
Supply Chain Sustainability
Healthcare supply chain professionals have a unique opportunity to help reduce the impact on human health and the environment through their purchasing decisions and by working with suppliers who are committed to providing more sustainable products and services.
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Sources
- GlobalData research on sustainability and ESG in healthcare.
- https://noharm-uscanada.org/sa...
- https://www.environmentalleade...