Awards and Recognitions
Stanford Medicine is proud to be recognized for sustainable achievements
Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth is the health care sector’s go-to source for information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help our members meet their goals.
The Joint Commission
The Joint Commission enterprise is a global driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care. Their mission is to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. Stanford Health Care is one of the first hospitals to earn Sustainable Healthcare certification from The Joint Commission.
LEED
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. Available for virtually all building types, LEED provides a framework for healthy, efficient, and cost-saving green buildings. LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and leadership.
The LEED framework informs all building types including new construction, interiors, operations and maintenance, and core and shell.
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
The EPEAT Purchaser Award comes from the Green Electronics Council (GEC), the non-profit organization that manages the EPEAT ecolabel. EPEAT allows Stanford Health Care to efficiently address the lifecycle impacts of the electronics we purchase, including computers, displays, printers, copiers, mobile phones, servers, and televisions. EPEAT is used in purchasing contracts to require that our vendors only provide electronics that meet strict sustainability criteria. These products are more energy efficient, less toxic, longer lasting, and easier to recycle than products that do not meet EPEAT criteria while addressing labor and human rights issues along the entire supply chain. Buying these sustainable products move us closer to achieving our sustainability goals.
Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Palo Alto – Transportation Category
Palo Alto – Food Category
Redwood City
Tri-Valley
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
Stanford Medicine Children’s Hospital
Stanford Medicine Children’s Hospital
2025 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circle of Excellence, Food Category
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circle of Excellence, Chemicals Category
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circle of Excellence, Green Building Category
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circle of Excellence, Climate Category
- LPCH: Practice Greenhealth - Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award
- RWC: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Emerald
- Tri-Valley: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner For Change
2024 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Emerald
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circle of Excellence, Transportation Category
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circle of Excellence, Food Category
- SMCH: Practice Greenheatlh - Greenhealth Emerald
- RWC: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner For Change
- Tri-Valley: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner For Change
2023 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circles of Excellence, Leadership Category
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Emerald
- SMCH: Practice Greenhealth - Circles of Excellence, Green Building Category
- SMCH: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Emerald
- Tri-Valley: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner For Change
- RWC: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner For Change
2022 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Global Electronics Council - EPEAT Purchaser Award
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Circles of Excellence, Food Category
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Emerald
- SMCH: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner for Change
2021 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Environmental Excellence
- Palo Alto Campus: Global Electronics Council - EPEAT Purchaser Award
- SMCH: Practice Greenhealth: Environmental Excellence
2020 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Partner Recognition
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner for Change
- Palo Alto Campus: Global Electronics Council - EPEAT Purchaser Award
- Palo Alto Campus: LEED Gold
- SMCH: Practice Greenhealth - Partner Recognition
2019 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth - Greenhealth Partner for Change
- SMCH: Arnold Soforenko Canopy Tree
2018 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth – Greenhealth Partner for Change
- SMCH: LEED Platinum
2017 Awards
- Palo Alto Campus: Practice Greenhealth – Greenhealth Partner for Change
2015 Awards
- SMCH: Santa Clara County Innovator Award for Packard 2.0 Water Saving Design