By Dan Hounsell, Senior Editor

Sustainability and resilience have never been more critical for healthcare facilities, which are under mounting pressure to achieve goals related to lower greenhouse gas emissions, healthier indoor environments and better protection against the effects of climate change. 

Practice Greenhealth recently announced the recipients of the 2025 Environmental Excellence Awards, which recognize healthcare facilities that demonstrate leadership in sustainability, environmental stewardship and climate resilience. This year, 496 healthcare organizations are being recognized. 

Among them are the 2025 Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award recipients, which were honored for exemplary performance and innovation in sustainability. These organizations, which include urban academic medical centers and rural critical access facilities, were selected for their exceptional and holistic environmental programs. They are: 

• Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn 
• Advocate Condell Medical Center 
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 
• Boston Medical Center 
• Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center 
• Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center 
• Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center 
• HealthPartners Hudson Hospital & Clinic 
• HealthPartners Regions Hospital 
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford 
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
• Providence St. Patrick Hospital 
• Providence Swedish Medical Center - Cherry Hill 
• Providence Swedish Medical Center - Edmonds 
• Providence Swedish Medical Center - First Hill 
• Providence Swedish Medical Center - Issaquah 
• Seattle Children's 
• Stanford Health Care 
• Stony Brook University Hospital 
• The University of Vermont Medical Center 
• UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest Medical Center 
• UC San Diego Health - Jacobs Medical Center 
• UCI Health 
• University of Michigan Health - Michigan Medicine 

Dan Hounsell is senior editor for the facilities market. He has more than 30 years of experience writing about facilities maintenance, engineering and management.