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Environmental, Social, and Governance Implementation in Healthcare Organizations: A Case Study of Assuta Medical
Ruti Berger1, Yossi Weiss2,1
1Assuta Health Services Research Institute, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Background:
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is a form of international private business self-regulation that aims to contribute to society from a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or ethically oriented practices. The major benefit of ESG is having the organization's workers recruited for the goal of making the world a better place. There is a growing understanding regarding the extent of the environmental impacts of health services. Therefore, the interest in measuring and reporting the sustainability of health system performance is becoming crucial. As population aging and growth in healthcare demand are two of the main challenges of the current and mainly future health services, performance, and quality measurement as well as sustainability metrices are relevant more than ever.
Objectives:
To review the ESG activities at Assuta Medical Centers (AMC) that helped the organization earn the Maala Index Platinum + grade in 2021.
Methods:
We reviewed the ESG elements that were implemented at AMC.
Results:
AMC entered an ESG process in November 2019 and earned Platinum and Platinum+ grades from the Maala Index in 2020 and 2021, respectively. AMC won the Workforce Diversity prize for having many employees over 60 years of age. AMC activities are detailed as a case study for other health organizations in Israel and worldwide.
Conclusions:
A big leading health organization can spearhead sustainable development goals model in Israel and worldwide.
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