Features — 2007
| 12/5/07 | Kaiser Permanente Featured in Facilities.net Article on Hospital Construction Building Operating Management's article, "Healthy and Green," looks at the growing trend in the health care industry to build patient- and staff-focused, environmentally responsible facilities at a cost comparable to traditional construction. Kaiser Permanente was mentioned prominently in the article as a leader in this trend. |
| 10/18/07 | Kaiser Permanente Joins with Top Health Care Groups to Create Healthier Hospital Environments Kaiser Permanente, a leader in green building and environmentally responsible purchasing, has partnered with a group of influential health care organizations to help spread green practices across the industry. As a founding member of the Global Health and Safety Initiative, Kaiser Permanente aims to share best practices and help to broaden the market for cleaner energy, safer products and innovative environmental technologies. |
| 10/2/07 | Kaiser Permanente Named Green Electronics Champion by EPA, Green Electronics Council The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Green Electronics Council today recognized Kaiser Permanente as a "Green Electronics Champion" for its leadership in buying environmentally friendly computers. Kaiser Permanente was the only health care organization to receive the distinction for "Going Green" when buying electronic products. |
| 9/21/07 | Kaiser Permanente Nutrition Services Highlighted in The Wall Street Journal Hospital food is evolving into hospital cuisine, and Kaiser Permanente is playing a prominent role in that evolution, according to a columnist in The Wall Street Journal who wrote about the topic Wednesday, Sept. 18. |
| 9/7/07 | Kaiser Permanente Achieves Climate Action Leader Status Kaiser Permanente has successfully certified its greenhouse gas emissions inventory with the California Climate Action Registry, becoming the first health care organization to earn the distinction of Climate Action Leader™. Kaiser Permanente is now publicly and voluntarily reporting its 2006 GHG emissions under the rigorous Registry program. |
| 9/6/07 | Preston Maring's Farmers' Market and Recipe Update Now Available Online Dr. Maring, creator of Kaiser Permanente's farmers' markets, has shared his farmers' market updates and recipes mainly through email subscriptions - until now. His periodic recipes and updates now have their own website. |
| 8/30/07 | Newspaper Highlights 'Green' Construction at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center Environmentally sound construction techniques and materials used at the Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center project caught the attention of journalists covering the project. |
| 8/20/07 |  Preston Maring, MD, Shares Healthy Harvest in PodcastPreston Maring, MD, continues to be a leading voice at Kaiser Permanente. His revolutionary idea of bringing farmers' markets to health care facilities, and his emphasis on the importance of a healthy diet make him a wonderful proponent of good food as good medicine. |
| 7/21/07 | Farmers Market Opens In Heart of South Los Angeles Vendors from as far as Fresno are bringing a bountiful assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables to the new Watts Healthy Farmers Market today, thanks to grants from Kaiser Permanente and the California Community Foundation. The weekly Saturday market, which opens today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 103rd Street and Central Avenue in Ted Watkins Park, will feature 12 produce vendors along with six prepared-food booths. Nutrition and fitness classes, as well as basic health screenings, will be offered. |
| 7/10/07 |  Preston Maring, MD, and KP's Farmers' Markets Featured on Channel 7Kaiser Permanente made headlines recently when Preston Maring, MD, who founded KP's farmers' market program, was featured in the San Francisco Bay Area on KGO Channel 7's primetime news July 5. |
| 6/1/07 | KP National Facilities Leader Delivers Keynote at Sustainable Operations Summit in New Mexico Christine Malcolm, Kaiser Permanente's senior vice president for hospital strategy and national facilities, delivered a presentation at an invitation-only conference at which executives discussed how their organizations promote both environmental stewardship and bottom-line financial results. |
| 5/25/07 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized for Environmental Consciousness Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States received two Environmental Excellence Awards from Hospitals for a Healthy Environment 2007, including recognition as one of the "Partners for Change" and "Making Medicine Mercury-Free." Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, is a national organization committed to environmentally sustainable health care and to recognizing leaders in their field for their achievements in developing and implementing environmentally conscious programs. |
| 5/23/07 | Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Truck Fleet Switches to Biodiesel Fuel Cargo and courier trucks in Kaiser Permanente's Northern California region have started to gas up with a biodiesel blend that's expected to help the region's fleet burn thousands of gallons of more environmentally friendly fuel this year and beyond. |
| 4/6/07 | Building Green in Georgia Kaiser Permanente's newest medical center in Georgia features the latest green construction techniques — from its recycled metal shingles to its rubber flooring. |
| 4/4/07 | Taking a Byte Out of E-Waste Kaiser Permanente is among the companies setting the standard for environmentally sound disposal of obsolete computers and other gear. |
| 3/6/07 | Kaiser Permanente's West Cobb Center Goes "Green" Kaiser Permanente's newly opened West Cobb Medical Center is the plan's first facility in Georgia that was built using an environmentally-conscious "green design." Nationally, Kaiser Permanente has been in the forefront of integrating the green building movement into health care facilities for many years. Kaiser's local design team followed its national headquarters' green design principles in designing the West Cobb Medical Center. |
| 3/1/07 | Trading Up: Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Region Puts Fair Trade Coffee in its Vending Machines In a groundbreaking move for a large corporation, the cafeteria vending machines in Kaiser Permanente's 19 medical facilities in its Northern California region now offer organic Fair Trade coffee for the integrated health care organization's members and employees. |
| 2/22/07 | Going for the Green Kaiser Permanente hailed as leader in environmental stewardship, 'green' building. |
| 2/1/07 | Kaiser Permanente’s “Father of the Farmers Markets” Awarded Prestigious Policy Fellowship The Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute, this week named Kaiser Permanente's Dr. Preston Maring as one of its national W. K. Kellogg Foundation Food & Society Policy Fellows for 2007-2008. |
