The Eleven-Year Journey of Manila Doctors Hospital in institutionalizing Climate Change Mitigation Actions

摘要

Total wellness cannot be achieved without recognizing the importance of responsible environmental stewardship. Tertiary hospitals are an energy-intensive sector. Therefore, it must set an example on how to manage its energy consumption and waste in a way that can significantly decrease the carbon footprint. For the past eleven years, the Manila Doctors Hospital has followed a model that not only reduces waste thereby supporting the hospital management's infection prevention program and cost-saving initiatives but, at the same time, can earn from its recyclables program. The Corporate Social Responsibility Office utilizes proceeds from the recyclables program for communities affected by climate change and in the provision of healthcare services in underserved areas.