A Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care Initiative
November 18, 2021
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COALITION SPOTLIGHT
We are hiring a Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

We are seeking a Marketing and Outreach Coordinator to assist our team with community outreach activities to members, partners and sponsors. Working with our Executive Director, and our virtual team, you will develop and implement initiatives that increase organisational visibility within the Canadian health care system.

Term of Position: Jan 10, 2022 - July 8, 2022

Candidates must be:
  • between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at start of placement
  • a Canadian citizen or permanent resident or a protected person as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
  • legally entitled to work in Canada
  • legally entitled to work according to Nova Scotia legislation and regulations
  • experiencing one or more barriers to employment and/or not in education, employment or training (NEET)

To look at the full job description click here.

Please feel free to share this with your network!

Please send all applications to Neil Ritchie as they will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Share your ideas on breakthrough PPE waste reduction ideas
The Coalition is currently conducting a national project related to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical single use products (mSUPs) in health care.

We are exploring and identifying reuse and reduction opportunities for PPE and selected mSUPs, and we want to hear what ideas you have for PPE.

We want to build a 'WILD CARD' scenario together about the circumstances that would be essential for a “breakthrough achievement” to reduce medical plastic waste in health care.

The wilder your idea the better! Ideas DO NOT have to be feasible, affordable, or practical. However, they must include consideration of these four circumstances: 
1) made in Canada
2) zero waste
3) net zero carbon emissions and non-toxic
4) meet or exceed all current safety, quality and comfort standards for PPE.
CCGHC Member & Sustainability Champion Updates
Vancouver Coastal Health to present at Targeting Hard to Recover Waste in Healthcare

While many large institutions are making real progress toward zero waste goals, hospitals and other medical facilities have struggled to keep pace. Health care generates an enormous amount of waste, much of it long considered unavoidable and unrecoverable. That’s starting to change as more sustainability initiatives are finding viable options to capture blue wrap and other plastic packaging from ORs, clinics and labs. More importantly, some leading institutions are finding circular economy solutions to eliminate unnecessary single-use items. This program will feature case studies of efforts being made by several health care institutions followed by an extended panel discussion.


Date: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am PT / 12:00pm-1:30pm ET
Roche ranked as one of the top three most sustainable health care companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
 
Congratulations to our Sustainability Champion for their thirteenth year as one of the most sustainable health care companies.

This is based on an in-depth analysis of economic, social and environmental performance. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices family of indices serves as a benchmark for investors who integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios.

Roche has maintained its leadership through its sustainability strategy, which is fully embedded in the company’s business and culture.

A BIG thank you to SaveOnEnergy for their continued financial support for the Ontario Green Health Care Award and the Ontario Energy Behaviour Award.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Canadian Woman becomes first person diagnosed as suffering from 'climate change'
The Hill

A Canadian woman could be the first patient to be diagnosed as suffering from “climate change” after doctors said heatwaves and poor air quality brought on acute breathing problems.

Kyle Merritt, an emergency room doctor in Nelson, British Columbia who was responsible for the diagnosis, told Glacier Media that it was the first time in a decade he had determined a patient’s cause of suffering to be climate change.

“If we’re not looking at the underlying cause, and we’re just treating the symptoms, we’re just gonna keep falling further and further behind,” he said.
Swap your inhaler, skip the laughing gas: How patients can help curb health care emissions
CBC News

If you're struggling to breathe or heading into surgery, concerns about climate change are likely not top-of-mind compared to worries about managing your own health.

But rather ironically, the health care sector contributes to climate change by giving off a sizeable chunk of greenhouse gases — and medical experts say both health care providers and patients can do more to curb those emissions.
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RETScreen was awarded the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Innovative Energy Project of the Year Award for 2021 (Canada Region), for the continued development of RETScreen Expert
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Shell Canada secures $3.95 million in federal funding to set up EV fast-charging network in five provinces
Electric Autonomy

Shell Canada is joining the ranks of legacy oil and gas companies building a Canadian EV fast-charging network, with government documents revealing the company is constructing a network of 79 charging ports at 36 locations across the country.

The Shell Canada network will span British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, according to the latest updated funding report for the federal Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Deployment Initiative administered by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
EVENTS, TRAINING AND WEBINARS
Ready Fire Aim: Taking advantage of group purchasing
There are so many supply chain challenges and more are on the way. During this session, Jerry as he is known to his friends, will outline his insights on how to be ready for what comes next. He will provide you with tips on how to be prepared for the next wave of challenges by utilizing a group purchasing contract to help you speed up the acquisition process while remaining trade agreement compliant. Jerry will go over what need to have or learn or use. He will also cover the supply chain trends that you should watch out for. 

Date: Wednesday, November 24
Time: 9am - 10am PT/ 12pm - 1pm ET

RETScreen is a Clean Energy Management Software system for energy efficiency, renewable energy and cogeneration project feasibility analysis as well as ongoing energy performance analysis.
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Contact your local organ donation agency and speak to your family about your wishes. You have the power to save and transform lives.
The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care is Canada’s premier green health care resource network, leading the evolution of green in Canada’s health sector as a national voice and catalyst for environmental change. www.greenhealthcare.ca 
Some articles referred to in the Digest make reference to services and/or product offerings from specific suppliers. The CCGHC recommends that readers research the service and product offerings available through a wider range of suppliers for comparison purposes and in keeping with public sector purchasing guidelines. These articles should not be interpreted as an endorsement of any product or service.