
Sustainability
Why Sustainability?
We can’t have a healthy population without a healthy planet, and we know that our most vulnerable patients are most impacted by environmental health inequities.
University of Utah Health develops sustainable approaches to care that meet the health needs of people today and future generations. We are committed to:
- providing compassionate care in the most environmentally sound ways possible,
- preparing our facilities and care providers to be resilient in the face of climate-related changes and events, and
- empowering future health care providers with education and research on sustainable health care.
Our Sustainability Commitments
As a part of the University of Utah and the President’s Climate Leadership Commitment, we are committed to achieving carbon neutrality with a target date of 2040.
U of U Health also took the Health and Human Services Climate Pledge. Through this pledge, we will pursue carbon neutrality by 2040, create a climate resilience continuous operations plan by the end of 2023, and inventory supply chain (Scope 3) emissions by the end of 2024.
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Our Sustainable Operations Initiatives
Here are just a few of the ways that we are strengthening our commitment to environmental and sustainability efforts.
Wildfire Health & Safety Education
Contact Us
If you have questions or want to get involved, please contact us at uuh_sustainability@utah.edu.