The 2025 Environmental Excellence Awards are open, and will be due on Wednesday, April 9.
If you have questions, need assistance or technical support, or need help setting up or updating an awards account, please contact the Awards team or call our support hotline at 888-378-2259. If you are a VA facility, email vasupport@practicegreenhealth.org or contact our hotline with inquiries. We're hosting one more session of the Master your Environmental Excellence Awards application session on Wednesday January 29 from 3-3:45 pm ET (12-12:45 pm PT). Join us to hear about this year's changes, develop some strategies for tackling your application, and get any general application questions you have answered.
Example Success Stories
Success stories are a vital piece of the Environmental Excellence Awards. Not only do narratives that demonstrate concise and complete stories with outcomes contribute to three of the four application scoring frameworks, but stories also give applicants like you an opportunity to highlight achievements and wins on your sustainability journey.
To help you fill out your application this year, we’re highlighting some great examples from the 2024 Environmental Excellence Awards.
Find inspiration for your sustainability programs by reading this week’s feature from Providence St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center:
One of the greatest successes this past year has been our inclusion of climate and health into nursing orientation. In 2023, 206 nursing staff (RN's and support staff including CNA's, EMT's, etc.) received 45 minutes of education on the intersection of climate change, health, and healthcare from a planetary perspective. Through this work, the G4G Shared Governance council was also able to create and disseminate a "Clinical Action at the Bedside" tool to seasoned staff. In 45 minutes, nurses and support staff entering Providence St. Patrick Hospital received an overview of our program, climate change and their health impacts, how they can incorporate sustainable action into their practice, and how to stay involved in our program. This would not have been possible without the support of our prior CNO Beth Hock and continued support from our now CNO Krissy Peterson.
See attached powerpoint of nursing orientation presentation. Note that it is version #3. As this was a new program, revisions were made based upon feedback from staff and the presentation continues to evolve. The one pager mentioned is a condensed version of the "Nursing Action at the Bedside" section.