PROVIDENCE | ESG REPORT | 7
INTRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL GOVERNANCE ABOUT US
OVERVIEW
From stressful droughts and heat waves to traumatic wildfires and floods,
climate change is affecting the communities we serve and magnifying
the impacts of the social determinants of health. In keeping with our core
value of justice, which calls us to care wisely for our people, our resources
and our Earth, Providence has a clear responsibility to minimize our own
contributions to climate change and to be good stewards of the planet
we share.
Our commitment to environmental stewardship touches all aspects of health
care, from reducing our carbon emissions to building climate resilience within
our communities. These efforts aim to protect those who are most affected by
climate change, and who contribute the least to it.
WASTE AGRICULTURE & FOOD CHEMICALS TRANSPORTATION ENERGY & WATER
EQUITY ADAPTATION CLIMATE HEALTH RESILIENCY
HEALTH ADVOCACY RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION SERVICE
Environmental Stewardship
Expanding our climate action,
resilience and leadership
In 2023, Providence expanded our climate action efforts beyond
mitigation (WE ACT) to include resilience and adaptation (We REACH)
and advocacy and leadership (We SHARE). We are proud to detail our
progress in all three areas in this ESG report. To learn more, visit the
Providence Center for Environmental Stewardship.
The term 'steward' means being entrusted
to care for something. God entrusted all of
creation to us to care for. It is our responsibility
to take care of creation as God would.
Sister Sara Tarango, a Sister
of St. Joseph of Orange and
the environmental stewardship
liaison for Providence in
Southern California
