3 systems’ supply chain priority outside hospital walls

Becker's Healthcare March 4, 2024
Paige Twenter

Hospital systems’ supply chain teams are increasingly working on environmental initiatives as climate change threatens the healthcare industry.

At Kaiser Permanente, the supply chain department is working on a yearslong commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. The Oakland, Calif.-based system is among more than 80 health systems and hospitals committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 in an HHS climate change pledge.

“We started with this idea that environmental health is human health, and therefore as a healthcare organization, it’s our responsibility to protect our environment,” said Steven Chyung, senior vice president and chief supply chain and procurement executive. “That goes to the idea that we know environmental impacts, climate change, are going...

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