Keller Army Community Hospital earned the 2025 Practice Greenhealth ‘Partner for Change Award.’
The Greenhealth Partner for Change Award recognizes superior performance in environmental sustainability, covering a range of different sustainability programs and activities. Winners have also made substantive progress on mercury elimination.
This is Keller’s fifth Practice Greenhealth environmental sustainability recognition in six years.
“Sustainability means looking at how our operations affect the health and safety of our environment as well as the health of our patients, staff, visitors and local community,” said Capt. Jacquelyn Contant MS, RD, Chief of Keller’s Nutrition Care Division, Chairperson of the Sustainability Council, and a registered dietitian. “Strategies to address sustainability at Keller include minimizing and recycling waste, addressing chemicals of concern, lowering energy and water consumption, sourcing food and products sustainably, and establishing environmentally preferable purchasing criteria.”
“Sustainability is essential to better care for our patients, communities, and planet,” said Col. Sean J. Hipp, Commander, Keller Army Community Hospital. “We have made great strides toward reducing our impact on the environment, and we are committed to doing even more.”
“In a shifting health care landscape, a focus on sustainability can help build resilience while better protecting the health of patients and the community,” said Gary Cohen, Practice Greenhealth founder. “Keller demonstrates the kind of leadership, innovation, and performance that can drive the entire health sector toward more environmentally responsible practices.”
Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,700 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. More information can be found at https://practicegreenhealth.org/.
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