Sustainability

Our Successes

At Jefferson, we have had success in the following:

Signed Healthy Food in Healthcare Pledge in 2007
A key role in supporting Common Market, a non-profit to link local farmers to institutions
Methodist Hospital reduced Regulated Medical Waste by 3 pounds per patient day. We won the 2008 EPA Trailblazer award for this waste reduction.
Subsidize mass transit by 15 percent – 4,000 participants
One of the first hospitals in the region to implement a comprehensive Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal Program
35% of our electricity will be supplied from a wind farm in northern PA (zero pollution!)
901 Walnut is a LEED Silver (energy-efficient) building with a green vegetative roof
Won the 2008 EPA Trailblazer Award for regional leadership in commitment and implementation of sustainable food practices at Jefferson
Employee application process is paperless

Participating in Balance Menu Challenge. Goal to reduce the consumption of meat by 20 percent.
35 percent of our electricity will be supplied from a wind farm in northern Pennsylvania (zero pollution)
Implement Hospital-wide paper recycling and reduce the use of paper via the Paper Awareness and Reduction Effort (P.A.R.E.)