SUSTAINABILITY

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2013 YEAR OF GROWTH

MONTHLY NATIONAL CALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRACTICE GREENHEALTH

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GREEN TEAMSTO CREATE AWARENESS

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15 AWARDSFOR EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY

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ENERGY REDUCTION5+ YEARS

A POSITIVE EFFECT

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ENGAGED LEADERSHIP

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IN 2012 CHI became one of the sponsoring systems for the healthier hospitals initiative

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ENERGY & WATER

LEANER ENERGY

SAVINGS OF

$478,287

2013

CARBON REDUCTION3,564 METRIC TONS

24,380MATURETREES

2014REDUCE WATER CONSUMPTION

SMARTER PURCHASINGSAFER CHEMICALS

SUCCESSFUL REPROCESSING PROGRAM FOR 3 YEARS

WASTE SAVINGS

$212,716

945,376 TONSOF WASTE DIVERTED

1,142,346 DEVISES

REPROCESSED

These efforts saved the equivalent of 106 tones of carbon from escaping into our atmosphere

  

This equates to the use of 141.9 hybrid cars or saving 10,989 gallons of gasoline

  

  

28% GROWTH

$10.1 MILLION SAVINGS

  

VALUE ANALYSIS GROUP streamlined and standardized individual hospital custom packs into 8 national packs.

POTENTIAL SAVINGSmore than $383K

  

VALUE ANALYSIS GROUP new product introduction process

LESS WASTE

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IN 2013 CHI RECYCLED 20,021 TONS OF MATERIAL.

THIS WEIGHT IS THE SAME AS 17,339 HIPPOS.

Using reusable sharps containers eliminated278 TONS of plastic and 13 TONS of cardboard from the landfill.

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This also eliminated

63 TONS OF CO2 from escaping into the environment

That’s the equivalent of

16,732 GALLONS OF GASOLINE

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FOOD

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2014: MORE LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY FOOD IN THE CAFETERIAS

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CONSTRUCTION

SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS IN NEW AND

REMODELING CONSTRUCTION

FUTURE INITIATIVES

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• Expand reprocessing throughout CHI by 10% to $11 million.

• Reduce chi’s energy consumption by 3%

• Develop a national CHI sustainability committee to oversee future green efforts’

• Expand recognition for green efforts by developing tools for system-wide sharing of success stories and accomplishments