ResourceSmart Healthcare program

ResourceSmart Healthcare saves time and effort in developing and implementing an environment management program consistent with government policy commitments.

Department of Health resources

The ResourceSmart Healthcare program is delivered in partnership with the Department of Health. There is useful guidance and resources available at their website: www.health.vic.gov.au/sustainability

 

Who can join?

ResourceSmart Healthcare is open to all Victorian public and community sector healthcare organisations.

ResourceSmart Government is a similar program developed for:

• state government agencies
• statutory authorities
• state-owned corporations, boards and advisory bodies
• police and emergency services
• land management authorities. 

Educational organisations are covered in other sustainability programs offered by Sustainability Victoria.

How will it help my organisation?

The specific needs of public and community healthcare organisations are the focus of ResourceSmart Healthcare. The program will help you to develop and implement:

• an environmental policy
• appropriate environmental objectives and targets
• an effective environmental management strategy covering all elements of sustainability.

The program takes into account:

• relevant Australian Council of Healthcare Standards Accreditation requirements
• specific healthcare facility types
• governance arrangements
• budget sensitivities
• unique environmental impacts.

What's included in the program?

• The program includes:
• training, coaching and specialist advice
• sustainability resources
• templates, guidelines and tools
• networking workshops.

When is it happening?

ResourceSmart Healthcare is being rolled out to Victorian public and community healthcare organisations by 2010-11.

How does it relate to government policy commitments?

Victoria's Environmental Sustainability Framework (ESF) has specific commitments in relation to Government operations. These include:

• Departments and agencies will include strategic directions in all their business and operational planning, including their EMSs.
• The Government will build environmental sustainability into planning and operations of all departments, and government policies, programs, regulations, investments and budgets.

The Government has a large number of specific policy commitments to cut its day-to-day environmental impacts.  The ResourceSmart Healthcare toolkit has more detail.