Sustainable Initiatives

Partners hospitals recycle the "blue wrap" material used in operating rooms, as seen above.

Partners HealthCare has made sustainability a top organizational priority. The Health care sector utilizes energy at a far greater rate than many others. We recognize that this consumption is not sustainable, and are working to reduce our impact on the environment.

Through the creation of a master energy plan for all of the hospitals and facilities within the system, we have committed to reducing our overall energy consumption by 25%.

We are also a founding member of the Healthier Hospitals Initiative, a coalition of major health systems across the U.S. that have come together to improve sustainability and safety in health care. Locally, Dr. David Torchiana, Partners' President and CEO, is a member of the health care sector of Boston's Green Ribbon Commission, a group that brings together industry leaders to implement Boston's Climate Action Plan.

The sustainable initiatives taking place at Partners seek to improve health care delivery across three main areas:

• Patient and Employees (Patient and employee health and safety)

• Healthy Environment (Reducing our impact on the earth)
• Resources (Controlling health care costs by using resources more wisely)