Twenty-seven health systems and hospitals were recognized by Practice Greenhealth for environmental excellence in 2026.
Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards are the nation’s top program for environmental performance in the healthcare sector. The program was launched in 2002 and recognizes healthcare facilities and health systems for their commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability achievements.
Greenhealth awards multiple levels of excellence. The GreenHealth Top Health System Award is given to hospitals in the top 5% of the highest-scoring and highest-performing applicants. The Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards are given to hospitals that are leading the industry in all-around sustainability performance, demonstrating comprehensive programs and making sustainability as part of its culture.
Here are the top hospitals and health systems for environmental excellence.
GreenHealth Top Health System Awardees
- Mount Sinai Health System (New York City)
- Providence (Renton, Wash.)
Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards
- Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate Children’s Hospital-Oak Lawn (Ill.)
- Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains, N.J.)
- Atlantic Health Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center
- Boston Medical Center
- Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center (Holmdel, N.J.)
- Hackensack Meridian Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center
- Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune City, N.J.)
- Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center (Brick, N.J.)
- HealthPartners Methodist Hospital (St. Louis Park, Minn.)
- HealthPartners Regions Hospital (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- Providence St. Patrick Hospital (Missoula, Mont.)
- Providence Swedish Medical Center-Ballard (Seattle)
- Providence Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill (Seattle)
- Providence Swedish Medical Center-First Hill (Seattle)
- Providence Swedish Medical Center-Issaquah (Wash.)
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles)
- Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
- Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital
- The University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington)
- UC Davis Health (Sacramento, Calif.)
- UCI Health (Orange, Calif.)
- UCLA Santa Monica (Calif.) Medical Center
- University of Michigan Health-Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor)
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