We’ve made public environmental commitments, and received recognition for them, to provide sustainable health care and reduce our impacts on climate change – regionally and globally. Some examples:
Environment and Climate Change
Circumstances we’re helping to improve:
Climate change
Taking aim at the long-term impacts of climate change and carbon emissions to create a cleaner future for generations
Sustainability
We want our actions and sustainability model to be a case study, and encourage other health systems to make environmental commitments
Some examples of our efforts:
COMMITTED & RECOGNIZED
Recognized for climate leadership
UC Davis Health has been recognized by Health Care Without Harm among the hospitals and health systems that are pioneering innovative and effective solutions to mitigate health care’s climate footprint and enhance their resilience.
In winter 2023 UC Davis Health earned Health Care Climate Action recognition, including gold honors for climate resilience and silver for climate leadership. In 2022 we were recognized as a Climate Champion in a previous ranking system.
COMMITTED & RECOGNIZED
A Top 25 hospital for sustainability performance
For three years in a row, Practice Greenhealth has recognized UC Davis Health as a national leader in environmental sustainability with a Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award – the organization’s highest honor for hospitals. We also received the Greening the OR Recognition Award and awards in Circles of Excellence for sustainable procurement, water, and green building.
More than 1 in every 4 hospitals is part of the Practice Greenhealth network.
COMMITTED & RECOGNIZED
Learn more in our sustainability tour
This self-guided StoryMaps walking tour discusses UC Davis Health System’s efforts in reducing emissions, reducing water use, expanding solar energy usage, and more. You can also scroll through the tour without leaving your desk.
More Believe in Better Highlights
Some recent examples of our ongoing efforts to advance health for all.
New at-home monitoring program for patients with high blood pressure
UC Davis Health and Best Buy Health have established a new remote patient monitoring program for patients with high blood pressure.
$5.6 million for precision-medicine program aimed at treating and preventing disease
A $5.6 million NIH award will allow continued engagement and enrollment for the All of Us Research Program and the Nutrition for Precision Health study.
MIND Institute café now open, serving coffee, tea and baked goods
Four years after closing due to the pandemic, the MIND Institute café has reopened. Purple Tree, a nonprofit which employs people with disabilities, offers beverages and baked goods.
Telehealth program aims to reduce health care disparities for Black patients giving birth
A new telehealth program at UC Davis Health aims to reduce disparities for Black patients who are giving birth.