Environmental Stewardship

TOPICS 2030 GOALS 2024 PROGRESS Waste optimization • Waste diversion: Divert more than 50% of waste from landfills and hazardous streams • Waste emissions: Reduce by 30% • Established waste-collection processes for recycling, composting and other landfill alternatives at 85% of our hospitals • Launched waste-optimization plans at 100% of acute care sites Energy and water efficiency • Emissions from electricity: Reduce by 100% • Emissions from natural gas: Reduce by 30% • Water use: Reduce by 30% • Converted 69 facilities to renewable energy, for a total of 100 facilities powered by 100% renewable electricity • Completed LED retrofits at 57 sites Agricultural food systems • Emissions from food: Reduce by 30% • Food waste: Divert at least 50% of food away from landfills • 10 additional hospitals signed The Coolfood Pledge, bringing our total to 30 • 10% of food purchased in 2024 was from local food suppliers Chemical reduction • Anesthesia emissions: Reduce by 80% • Nitrous oxide emissions: Reduce by 90% • Deactivated wasteful piped delivery for nitrous oxide in 85% of hospitals • Reduced carbon emissions from anesthetic agents by 70%, saving $3.5 million annually • Removed desflurane from system formulary Transportation • Business travel emissions: Reduce by 50% • Commuting emissions: Reduce by 30% • Fleet vehicle emissions: Reduce by 50% • Business travel: Maintained a 69% carbon reduction since 2019 • Reimbursed miles: Achieved a 64% carbon reduction since 2019 • Electric vehicle charging: Completed technical standards to guide EV charging infrastructure at our facilities WE ACT: GOALS AND PROGRESS (To see our 2024 greenhouse gas emissions reductions, please reference page 13.) PROVIDENCE | ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDHIP REPORT | 7

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