2019 Health Care Climate Challenge Award Winners

Health Care Without Harm announced the 2019 Climate Champions of the Health Care Climate Challenge. This year, we are honored to recognize the largest group of award winners in the history of the Climate Challenge: over 40 participating institutions from 15 countries.

These hospitals, health systems and health organizations are at the forefront of the transformation to climate-smart health care around the world. Our Climate Champions are achieving significant reductions to their carbon footprint, developing low-carbon models of care, adapting to stand resilient to a changing climate and advocating for policies to protect the future health of the planet.

As the Climate Champions near their targets and objectives, they are challenging themselves to go further and setting their sights on bold, new objectives. Goals to achieve carbon neutrality and power hospitals on 100% renewable electricity are growing in every part of the world. They are raising the bar and defining what truly climate-smart health care can be. It is this ambition that is driving change in the health care sector and inspiring the movement to grow each year.

 

 Congratulations to the 2019 Climate Champions!

AFRICA            
Mohammed VI University Hospital (Morocco)
Silver – Renewable Energy
Silver – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership

Netcare (South Africa)
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Silver – Renewable Energy
Gold – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership

Western Cape Department of Health (South Africa)
Gold – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership

ASIA    
Beijing Huilongguan Hospital (China)
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Gold – Climate Resilience
Silver – Climate Leadership

EUROPE          
Departamento de Salud de Xàtiva-Ontinyent (Spain)         
Silver – Climate Leadership

Larissa University Hospital (Greece)
Silver – Climate Resilience

Northampton General Hospital (United Kingdom)  
Silver – GHG Reduction (Energy)

Società Italiana Dell’Architettura e dell’Ingegneria per la Sanità (Italy)         
Gold – Climate Leadership

Sussex Community Foundation NHS Trust (United Kingdom)
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Gold – Climate Leadership

Sustainable Development Unit of NHS England and Public Health England (United Kingdom)    
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Silver – GHG Reduction (Non-Energy)
Gold – Climate Leadership

LATIN AMERICA          
Hospital Clínica Bíblica (Costa Rica)  
Silver – Renewable Energy

Hospital Dr. Miguel Soeiro – Unimed Sorocaba Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico (Brazil)
Gold – Renewable Energy

Hospital Geral De Pedreira – SPDM – Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina – São Paulo (Brazil) 
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)

Hospital Público Estadual Galileu – Pró-Saúde Associação Beneficente de Assistência Social e Hospitalar (Brazil)
Gold – GHG Reduction (Non-Energy)

Hospital San Rafael de Pasto (Colombia)      
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Silver – Renewable Energy
Silver – Climate Resilience
Silver – Climate Leadership

Hospital Universitario Austral (Argentina)            
Gold – Climate Resilience
Silver – Climate Leadership

Rede D’Or/São Luiz (Brazil)
Gold – Climate Leadership

Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Passos – Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Passos (Brazil)
Gold – Climate Resilience

PACIFIC            
Auckland District Health Board (New Zealand) 
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Gold – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership

Counties Manukau District Health Board (New Zealand)
Silver – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Gold – Climate Leadership

UnitingCare (Australia) 
Silver – Climate Leadership

US AND CANADA        
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital (United States)          
Silver – Climate Resilience
Silver – Climate Leadership

Advocate Aurora Health (United States)      
Silver – Climate Leadership

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (United States)       
Silver – Climate Resilience

Boston Medical Center (United States)        
Gold – Renewable Energy
Silver – Climate Resilience
Silver – Climate Leadership

Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (Canada)            
Gold – Climate Leadership

Cleveland Clinic (United States)        
Gold – Climate Resilience

Dignity Health (United States)          
Gold – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership

Fraser Health (Canada)          
Silver – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Silver – Climate Resilience

Gundersen Health System (United States)   
Gold – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Gold – Renewable Energy
Gold – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership

Hackensack Meridian Health (United States)           
Silver – Climate Leadership

HealthPartners (United States)         
Silver – GHG Reduction (Energy)
Gold – Renewable Energy
Silver – Climate Resilience
Silver – Climate Leadership

Inova Health System (United States) 
Silver – Climate Resilience
Silver – Climate Leadership

Providence St. Joseph Health (United States)
Gold – Climate Leadership

Provincial Health Services Authority (Canada)         
Silver – GHG Reduction (Energy)

Rochester Regional Health (United States)  
Gold – Renewable Energy

Seattle Children’s (United States)     
Silver – Climate Resilience

Synergie Santé Environnement (Canada)     
Gold – Climate Leadership

University Health Network (Canada)            
Gold – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership

University of California Health (United States)        
Gold – Renewable Energy

University of Vermont Medical Center (United States)       
Silver – Climate Resilience

Vancouver Coastal Health (Canada)  
Silver – GHG Reduction (Energy)

Virginia Mason Medical Center (United States)       
Silver – Climate Resilience
Gold – Climate Leadership