Opportunity for change

Healthcare contributes to 8% of all U.S. carbon emissions, making environmental stewardship inseparable from public health. To deliver on our mission of health for a better world, Providence committed to becoming carbon negative by 2030, a bold transformation requiring system-wide visibility into emissions and waste data

Context

Until 2020, Providence tracked environmental performance through manual spreadsheets, 500+ metrics, and 40+ data vendors, creating a fragmented picture of carbon impact across 51 hospitals and 1,000+ clinics. This made it difficult to prioritize investments, pursue emissions reductions, and demonstrate measurable progress.