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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation in Canadian Healthcare
This playbook provides an overview of how GHG emissoins are measured in helathcare and information on the current state of GHG emsissions estimation in healthcare organizations across Canada.
Playbook

Strategic Planning for Planetary Health and Sustainable Care
This playbook identifies practices for incorporating climate change considerations and planetary health into organizational strategic plans to support the transition to sustainable, equitable health systems.
Playbook

Organizational Readiness for Sustainability
This playbook provides background information and implementation resources designed to address environmental sustainability in organizational readiness.
Playbook

Health leadership competencies for current and future climate change emergencies
This webinar features Jeffrey Tochkin sharing his experiences navigating the health impacts of climate emergencies and outlining the cycle of preparedness, response, and recovery. It explores lessons learned through a leadership lens and discusses strategies to strengthen health system resilience, emphasizing the role of health organizations in supporting broader societal resilience during increasingly complex climate-related emergencies.
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Operationalizing healthcare sustainability at program level
This webinar explores how programmatic change initiatives connect high-level provincial strategy with frontline organizational action to advance sustainability in healthcare. It features sustainability leaders David Smith and Caroline Stigant, who share insights on operationalizing sustainability within clinical sectors, including surgical quality improvement, planetary health initiatives, and environmentally sustainable kidney care. The session is part of the Leadership and Strategy for Sustainable Health Systems series.
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Maximizing impact through external partnerships and networks
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the fifth of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
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Strengthening internal organizational capacity for change
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the fourth of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
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Establishing multi-functional sustainability teams and task forces
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the third of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
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Organizational-level measurement and reporting systems
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the sixth of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
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Mobilizing health system sustainability through greenhouse gas estimation
This webinar explores how healthcare organizations in Canada and internationally are increasingly estimating their full scope of greenhouse gas emissions, both direct and indirect. It examines what organizations can gain from these efforts while also considering the limitations of using emissions estimation as a tool to drive health system change.
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