Green Committee
Health and the environment are strongly linked.
Here are some of our initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint :
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- Reduction in HFA metered dose inhaler prescriptions (from 50% to 30% in chronic respiratory disease).
- Elimination of paper for examination tables and replacement with washable sheets.
- Elimination of disposable vaginal specula. 100% of our specula are now reusable and carefully sterilized.
- Change to climate-positive coffee delivered electrically in returnable containers and without waste. Elimination of single-dose products (milk and sugar). Vegetable milk available (3 X less GHG than cow’s milk).
- Reduce waste by refilling reusable hand soap containers and sanitizer gel pumps.
- Project to reduce paper and ink cartridges by optimizing the use of our electronic medical record (in progress).
- Education: participation of all employees and professionals in a Climate Fresco (in progress).
- Single-service battery reduction project.
- For the 2025–2026 cycle, the Clinique médicale du Sud-Ouest has been awarded the Choosing Wisely Québec designation – Supporter level.
Thank you to the Circuit court group for planting trees and shrubs on the clinic grounds. Thank you also to our volunteers who helped with the planting.