Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center signed the HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge in June 2022, committing to 50% emissions reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050. Rush has committed to 100% renewable energy by 2030, designs new campus buildings to LEED Gold, and has won three consecutive Practice Greenhealth Emerald Awards (2023-2025) after earning Partner for Change in 2022.
Compare to peers
Percentiles compare this hospital against peers in the selected set. Higher is better on both metrics.
Goals & progress
- Massachusetts General Hospital80% (+30 pts ahead)
- Michigan Medicine University Hospital80% (+30 pts ahead)
- Valley Children's Hospital65% (+15 pts ahead)
Directional estimate. Tons modeled from this hospital's annual waste footprint and category benchmarks (Practice Greenhealth, vendor case studies). Diminishing returns applied when multiple solutions share a category.
- Cleveland Clinic Main Campus100% (+60 pts ahead)
- Gundersen Health System (Emplify Health)100% (+60 pts ahead)
- Boston Medical Center100% (+60 pts ahead)
Directional estimate. Tons modeled from this hospital's annual waste footprint and category benchmarks (Practice Greenhealth, vendor case studies). Diminishing returns applied when multiple solutions share a category.
Solutions that map to these goals
Products from our solutions directory that align with this hospital's stated commitments and active projects.
The first closed loop, 100% compostable medical isolation gown. Replaces single use plastic gowns with a plant based alternative collected and composted through a take back program.
On site aerobic digester that turns up to 220 lbs of hospital food waste and Terraloam compostable film gowns into finished compost in 24 hours closing the loop between cafeteria and clinical waste streams.
Largest reprocessor of single use medical devices in the U.S., recovering EP catheters, pulse oximeter sensors, compression sleeves and more for safe reuse.
Reprocesses single use devices and repairs rigid/flexible scopes, extending product life while maintaining FDA cleared clinical performance.
On site treatment system that decontaminates and recycles polystyrene petri dishes, PET tubes, medical tubing and polypropylene syringes back into usable resin.
First fully plastic free, PFAS free medication cup, made from bacterial cellulose. Naturally biodegrades in ~3 months and is ISO 10993 biocompatibility tested.