All Resources

Virtual Care Carbon Accounting Tool (for sites/units)
CASCADES
This tool will calculate: 1. The total carbon emissions saved from patient travel averted to and from your facility (in metric tonnes of CO2e) 2. The cost savings to patients from patient travel averted to and from your facility, including the cost of transit fare, gas, insurance, vehicle wear and tear, and parking (in Canadian dollars) 3. The total carbon and financial costs of in-person patient visits to and from your facility (in metric tonnes of CO2e) 4. The carbon and cost savings associated with virtual visits at various percentages of total visits (forecasting)
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Canada Health Infoway Virtual Care Benefits Calculator (for patients)
This calculator can help you better understand the cumulative impact of virtual care in terms of cost, greenhouse gas emissions and time savings.
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Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
Did you ever wonder what reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 1 million metric tons means in everyday terms? The greenhouse gas (GHG) equivalencies calculator can help you understand just that, translating abstract measurements and emissions data into concrete terms, such as the annual emissions from cars or households. There are three options for entering reduction data into this calculator: You can specify an energy amount using the controls appearing in the first tab You can specify an amount of a particular greenhouse gas using the controls appearing in the second tab You can specify a quantity of greenhouse generating items using the controls appearing in the third tab
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The Reprocessing Pathway at NYGH
This video presented sustainable perioperative care practices through the use of reusable anesthesia components and outlined the reprocessing pathway at North York General Hospital. It highlighted ways to improve the sustainability of perioperative care and provided an overview of additional learning resources, including an introduction to sustainable health systems e-learning module and an overview of perioperative sustainability action areas from CASCADES.
Video

Key Actors for Achieving Sustainable Food Systems
CASCADES
The following table provides a general list of groups that need to be involved for the successful planning, design or delivery of food infrastructure for planetary health projects; it is offered as a working draft or a guide for you and your teams to upgrade together.
Worksheet

Sustainable food infographic
An informative poster on sustainable food in the health system.
Infographic

Sample HIPO List
An example chart with High-Impact Procurement Opportunity list for medical devices.
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Clinical ward waste primer
A primer for environmentally sustainable opportunities for health systems focused on clinical ward waste
Primer
Hazardous medical waste management primer
A primer for environmentally sustainable opportunities for health systems focused on hazardous medical waste management in Canada.
Primer
Green Care Sustainability Resources
Sustainability resources created by Green Care in British Columbia to mitigate infrastructure waste.
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