The Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Agenda sets out to support existing efforts around the world to promote greater sustainability and environmental health in the health sector, and thereby to strengthen health systems globally.

This document provides a comprehensive framework for hospitals and health systems everywhere in the world to achieve greater sustainability and to contribute to improved public environmental health.

This framework consists of ten interconnected goals. Each contains a series of Action Items that hospitals and health systems can implement. Most hospitals will want to start with a focus on two or three goals and chart a course for specific steps to achieve them, with a plan to subsequently move on to the next challenge.

	Leadership | Prioritize environmental health as a strategic imperative
	Chemicals | Substitute harmful chemicals with safer alternatives
	Waste | Reduce, treat and safely dispose of healthcare waste
	Energy | Implement energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy generation
	Water | Reduce hospital water consumption and supply potable water
	Transportation | Improve transportation strategies for patients and staff
	Food | Purchase and serve sustainably grown, healthy food
	Pharmaceuticals | Prescribe appropriately, safely manage and properly dispose of pharmaceuticals
	Buildings | Support green and healthy hospital design and construction
	Purchasing | Buy safer and more sustainable products and materials

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