A scientific consensus statement published in Environmental Health Perspectives concludes that commonly used chemicals meant to kill germs have concerning implications for human health and the environment.

On the 4th and 5th of May 2017, the HCWH Europe Annual General Meeting (AGM) and GGHH Europe Members Meeting took place at Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln in Berlin.

Representatives from Hospital de Guadarrama, a 140 bed hospital located in Madrid (Spain) that has been a GGHH member since 2014, attended the meeting and shared their strategies and projects to reduce the environmental footprint of their facility.