2015 Award Winners in the Health Care Climate Challenge

Global Green and Healthy Hospitals is pleased to announce the winners in the 1^st annual Climate Champion Awards of the Health Care Climate Challenge (formerly known as the 2020 Health Care Climate Challenge). Officially announced and presented (to those in attendance), at the Conference on Climate Change and Health Care in Paris, France on December 4^th, these awards recognize the hospitals, health systems, and health organizations at the forefront of the movement towards low-carbon health care.

The awards are structured around the 3 pillars that form the Climate Challenge:

Mitigation – Reducing health care’s own carbon footprint.
Resilience – Preparing for the impacts of extreme weather and the shifting burden of disease.
Leadership – Educating staff and the public while promoting policies to protect public health from climate change.

Categories:

Energy Greenhouse Gas Reduction Award
Energy Efficiency Award
Renewable Energy Award
Non-Energy Greenhouse Gas Reduction Award
Climate Resiliency Award
Climate Leadership Award

The 2015 Health Care Climate Champion Award winners are:

Africa

Netcare Limited, South Africa: GOLD- Climate Leadership
Western Cape Government Health, South Africa: SILVER- Climate Leadership

Asia

Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan: SILVER- Climate Resiliency; GOLD- Climate Leadership
Guanshan Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan: SILVER- Climate Resiliency
Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan: GOLD- Climate Resiliency
Yonsei University Health System, South Korea: SILVER- Climate Resiliency; SILVER- Climate Leadership

Europe

Sustainable Development Unit for the NHS, Public Health and Social Care in England, United Kingdom: GOLD- Energy GHG Reduction; GOLD- Climate Leadership

Pacific

Counties Manukau Health, New Zealand: SILVER- Greenhouse Gas (Non-Energy) Reduction; GOLD- Energy Efficiency

United States and Canada

Dignity Health, United States: SILVER- Energy GHG Reduction; GOLD- Renewable Energy; SILVER- Climate Resiliency; GOLD- Climate Leadership
Gundersen Health System, United States: GOLD- Energy GHG Reduction; GOLD- Renewable Energy
Kaiser Permanente, United States: GOLD- Renewable Energy; SILVER- Climate Resiliency; SILVER- Climate Leadership
Partners Health Care, United States: SILVER- Energy GHG Reduction; GOLD- Climate Leadership
Thedacare, United States: GOLD- Climate Resiliency; GOLD- Climate Leadership
University Health Network, Canada: SILVER- Energy Efficiency; GOLD- Climate Resiliency; SILVER- Climate Leadership
Virginia Mason Medical Center, United States: GOLD- Energy Efficiency; GOLD- Climate Resiliency; GOLD- Climate Leadership