{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sustainability Annual Report 2025","provider_url":"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/2025","author_name":"sarah","author_url":"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/2025\/author\/sarah\/","title":"UC San Francisco Health - Sustainability Annual Report 2025","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"27lSMod5Zg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/2025\/locations\/uc-san-francisco-health\/\">UC San Francisco Health<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/2025\/locations\/uc-san-francisco-health\/embed\/#?secret=27lSMod5Zg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;UC San Francisco Health&#8221; &#8212; Sustainability Annual Report 2025\" data-secret=\"27lSMod5Zg\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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This year the organization implemented strategies to address waste and worked with the cross-departmental UCSF Health Zero Waste Working Group to establish a blue wrap recycling program, swap single-use patient positioning foam for a reusable gel product, and reignite the medical supply donation program and e-waste recycling collection. Community education was expanded with digital sorting signage to encourage proper sorting, and dashboards were developed and published that tracked metrics from energy and water conservation to transportation. FOOD UCSF Health partnered with a new food donation vendor, allowing for a more robust edible food collection program. Green building UCSF Health\u2019s Bayfront Medical Building, a new outpatient surgery center in the Mission Bay neighborhood, achieved LEED Gold in 2024. Bayfront is all-electric and carbon-free and was built with a low-carbon concrete mix. UCSF Health now has eight LEED certifications. Two electric buildings, Bayfront and Peninsula Outpatient Center, were occupied during this cycle. 3 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Certified Healthy Vending Healthy vending is defined as meeting UC\u2019s&nbsp;Healthy Vending Guidelines. Data is from 2023\u201324. UCSF Health utilizes smart kiosk Byte vending machines, which are managed and stocked by the Nutrition and Food Services team, to offer fresh meals and healthy snacks and drinks to customers. procurement UCSF Health Procurement works to increase green spend across categories and decrease the number of single-use devices used through reprocessing. Appliance and IT hardware green spend was lower in fiscal year 2025 compared with 2024 due to missing vendor data and purchases of several refrigerators in 2024. Additionally, the number of devices collected for reprocessing decreased because UCSF Health did not renew its contract with a vendor responsible for ligature collection. Green spend is defined as meeting preferred or minimum criteria&nbsp;in UC&#8217;s Sustainable Procurement Guidelines.Suppliers reporting: &nbsp;Appliances and IT hardware (1), Office supplies (1). \u201cReprocessing&#8221; 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. 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. UCSF Health continued making progress toward eliminating single-use plastics. In addition to phasing out plastic bags and water bottles, the health center made strides on reducing single-use plastics by launching a reusable dishware program at two medical center cafes. Awards UCSF Health was recognized for the 15th consecutive year by Practice Greenhealth with the Greenhealth Emerald Award. UCSF Health also received the Transportation Circle of Excellence award. UCSF Health Stanyan Hospital submitted its first Practice Greenhealth application and received the Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change Award. A full list of awards is featured on the UC Office of the President&#8217;s website. Practice Greenhealth &#8211; Emerald Award Combined Data Progress on the following policy areas for this Health System is reported by the campus location:"}