1.0Sustainability Annual Report 2025https://sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu/2025sarahhttps://sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu/2025/author/sarah/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="k2l4Kye7OY"><a href="https://sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu/2025/locations/uc-irvine-health/">UC Irvine Health</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu/2025/locations/uc-irvine-health/embed/#?secret=k2l4Kye7OY" width="600" height="338" title="“UC Irvine Health” — Sustainability Annual Report 2025" data-secret="k2l4Kye7OY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! 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Construction on the nation’s first all-electric medical center continued, completing the fully electric Joe C. Wen and Family Center for Advanced Care (CAC). The CAC and the new hospital are designed as LEED Platinum buildings, with the CAC having already received LEED Platinum certification. FOOD UCI Health continues to advance its sustainability goals through strategic improvements in Culinary and Nutrition Services. In 2024–25, plant-based food spend rose to just under 25%, up from 22% last year and slightly shy of the 25% target. Menu and product standardization efforts have supported this growth, alongside enhanced marketing for featured plant-based items. The team is also exploring new menu development technology to identify low-carbon options that can further reduce food-related emissions and strengthen UCI Health’s sustainability journey. Healthy Vending UCI Health spent approximately $10,600 on healthy vending food, 24% of its total vending food spend. The spend includes data from Canteen and reflects the offerings in three snack vending machines located on the UCI Health — Orange Campus. Healthy vending is defined as meeting UC’s Healthy Vending Guidelines. Data is from 2023–24. procurement Compared to the previous year, UCI Health increased its cost savings through medical device reprocessing from just under $1.7 million to over $1.8 million and diverted over 16 tons of waste, demonstrating a commitment to both financial performance and environmental stewardship. Green spend is defined as meeting preferred or minimum criteria in UC’s Sustainable Procurement Guidelines.Suppliers reporting: Appliances and IT hardware (8), Office supplies (1). “Reprocessing” refers to the FDA-approved re-manufacturing process carried out on a used device, including cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, testing and related procedures to allow its safe reuse. This process allows health facilities to reduce their reliance on single-use devices. Transportation UCI Health expanded charging infrastructure, adding 49 Level 2 electric vehicle charging ports, increasing the total to 136. Clean transportation fuel vehicles made up 43% of the fleet vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2025, including three battery electric patient shuttles. *Sustainable vehicles are defined as electric (zero-emission), plug-in hybrid or clean transportation fuel. Single-Use Plastics Phase-Out Complete Phase-out* Partial Phase-out Starting Soon *Complete phase-out of single-use plastics may include exemptions where reasonable alternatives to plastic do not exist. UCI Health continued making progress toward eliminating single-use plastics. It removed single-use plastic bottles from all retail spaces. Previously, more than 20,000 plastic bottles of water, juices, sodas and protein shakes were sold every month. Those beverages are now sold in recyclable aluminum cans and glass bottles. Awards UCI Health was named one of the Top 25 hospitals in the country for Environmental Excellence by Practice Greenhealth. It also received the Circle of Excellence Award in both Transportation and Energy and the one-time Making Medicine Mercury Free Award from Practice Greenhealth. UCI Health’s flagship hospital was the first UC and fourth health care organization in the state to receive the Sustainable Healthcare Certification from The Joint Commission. A full list of awards is featured on the UC Office of the President’s website. Practice Greenhealth — Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award Combined Data Progress on the following policy areas for this Health System is reported by the campus location: