Greenhealth Approved

Sustainable purchasing made easy

Hospitals utilize thousands of products each day, and numerous decisions drive these product selections. Some products have lengthy supply chains involving many different manufacturers, which complicates determining the safety of the product. Add sustainability considerations and the growing concern about the presence of toxic chemicals, and product choices become more complex.

The Greenhealth Approved seal helps you find sustainable products and simplifies purchasing them through existing procurement processes. 

Greenhealth Approved also works to educate healthcare providers and suppliers on how products can be developed to be less impactful on human and environmental health.

About Greenhealth Approved

The Greenhealth Approved seal indicates a product has been reviewed against a set of sustainability attributes aligned with a certain product category. The seal was developed to help healthcare providers make easier purchasing decisions that further sustainability goals. Choosing products that carry the seal reduces the research burden for healthcare staff who are dealing with competing priorities and requests.

Research, resources, and support from our affiliated organizations, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, make the case for prioritizing sustainable products.

Why choose Greenhealth Approved products

Products carrying the Greenhealth Approved seal have been evaluated against sustainability criteria appropriate for the category. They also have been reviewed by providers at partner hospitals within the Practice Greenhealth and Greenhealth Exchange network to ensure the Greenhealth Approved seal is not only a product that meets sustainability criteria, but also functions well in clinical settings.

The seal enables healthcare providers to purchase these products using their existing supply chain procurement strategies. Local contracting, GPO compliance, and use of distributors can still be prioritized while selecting and procuring Greenhealth Approved products.

The Greenhealth Approved process

How we review products

Greenhealth Approved’s criteria was developed by Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm. Standards and criteria vary by sustainability topic and product category, allowing for targeted vetting that focuses on relevant information, ingredients, or components for each product being reviewed.

What we review

The Greenhealth Approved vetting process includes collecting information that pertains to the criteria for the product category and sustainability issue each product addresses. That information is reviewed against our standards. Products that meet that standard are permitted to use the Greenhealth Approved seal.

Greenhealth Approved is now reviewing applications for medical products and devices, carpeting, and flooring that meet safer chemicals standards.

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