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"She shouldn't concede anything until its all in," said Bob Gawlik, a retired businessman who held a giant poster-size photo of Mr. Reid with a thick red line drawn sideways through his face.
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"One goal became to expand these initiatives from the individual departments to the hospital as a whole to make all of these efforts a larger component of what everyone does," reports Gawlik.
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The Green procurement program Gawlik helped design at Seattle Children's was implemented in several logistical steps.
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"For example, we now purchase cleaning chemicals with low levels of toxicity," says Gawlik.
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"The best place to start a program like this is to identify an area in the organization where a passion for sustainability already exists," explains Gawlik.
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The final step is to create what Gawlik calls a continuous loop, which asks the question: "How can we get better?"
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To ensure suppliers get on the Green bus, Gawlik says procurement needs to use the appropriate wording in supplier agreements and contracts and track their adherence to the agreements.
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Another critical key to building a Green culture is to publicize the efforts of the individuals and departments, which helps build awareness of the programs, Gawlik says.
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Identifying the suppliers to support Green procurement is critical to success, according to Gawlik.
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"The basic key to Green success is having dedicated people," says Gawlik.
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