Embed sustainability into the organization’s strategic framework | 7 Organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare

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Across the country, a growing number of health delivery organizations are making significant progress in integrating clear and explicit sustainability commitments into their strategic frameworks, priorities, goals, or pillars.

A strategic framework is vital for aligning an organization’s overall efforts with its vision and goals. By embedding planetary health and sustainability into these frameworks, organizations ensure that sustainability goals are consistently considered and integrated across all departments and operations.

On Thursday, April 24, join CASCADES Director Fiona Miller in conversation with Amanda Mckenzie, Karen Reutlinger, and Mary Lynn VanTassel as they discuss the significant opportunities that exist in many organizations to advance the sustainability agenda.

This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the second of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners.

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