If the healthcare sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest carbon emitter on the planet. Yet sustainability remains one of the most underdeveloped strategies in healthcare leadership. In this Insight from Episode 104: Practicing Green Health, Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN, PHN, formerly the Senior Director of Network Experience & Solutions at Practice Greenhealth, makes the case that embedding sustainability into healthcare operations and culture is not a separate agenda; it is a patient safety, health equity, and workforce issue all at once. She offers three clear strategies for healthcare leaders ready to act: identify the right channels of appeal to move leadership, engage communities as true partners rather than passive recipients, and mobilize nurses, who are uniquely positioned to lead this work from the inside out.
We aim to shift at a strategic level and drive this healthcare sector to lead from within and push that broader societal change and progress.
If you know a healthcare professional whose work reflects grit, innovation or extraordinary care—or if that story is your own—we encourage you to apply for the TIME Healthcare Champion of the Year, in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, a branded award
