Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Policy

Consorta is an award-winning Champion for Change and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing practices, supporting the goals of Practice Greenhealth and of HCWH (Health Care Without Harm). We actively promote their programs and provide resources to member healthcare organizations working towards certain goals, including Practice Greenhealth's goals to:

  • Virtually eliminating mercury-containing waste from the health care waste stream globally 
  • Reducing the overall volume of waste (both regulated and non-regulated waste)
  • Identifying hazardous substances for pollution prevention and waste reduction opportunities, including hazardous chemicals and persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants (PBTs) 

We encourage all healthcare facilities to become members of Practice Greenhealth. Practice Greenhealth's mission is to provide education, tools, and information about best environmental practices to help health care professionals improve operational efficiency, increase compliance, and improve the health of their communities. Join Practice Greenhealth

Features for members

  • Information on contracts for environmentally preferable products
  • Accredited continuing education programs created for healthcare professionals
  • Comprehensive reference materials on environmental topics of concern
  • Extensive "how-to" guides for implementing environmentally preferable purchasing in healthcare
  • Consorta's Environmental Position Statement
  • Consorta's commitment to supporting a national Chemicals Policy

Features for suppliers

Consorta also works with the healthcare supplier community to create broad awareness of our Shareholders' expectations of suppliers and their products relative to a product’s life-cycle effects on patients, providers and employees, and the environment of the communities they serve. To learn more about Consorta members' environmental concerns, Suppliers may access all materials and resources on this Web site.

This Web site is being compiled and updated from a variety of sources, but mostly from our EPP partners Practice Greenhealth and HCWH (Health Care Without Harm). We welcome your feedback on content, design and ease of use. Send your comments and suggestions to Laura Wenger RN at LWenger@Consorta.com.