Join the largest ever alliance committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions

Health Care Without Harm is honored to be the Race to Zero health care partner. This United Nations backed global campaign rallies non-state actors – including companies, cities, regions, financial and educational institutions – to take rigorous and immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and deliver a healthier, fairer zero carbon world. All members are committed to the same overarching goal: reducing emissions across all scopes swiftly and fairly in line with the Paris Agreement, with transparent action plans and robust near-term targets. Led by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, Race To Zero mobilizes actors outside of national governments to join the Climate Ambition Alliance, which was launched at the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit 2019 by the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera.

More than 70 health care institutions representing the interests of over 14,000 hospitals and health centers in 26 countries have joined Race to Zero with Health Care Without Harm to date. As healers, they know that prevention and preparedness are essential to face the climate crisis and that the road to recovery begins with transformative climate solutions

Watch the May 26, 2021 launch of the Race to Zero campaign for health care.

Race to Zero

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Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Johannesburg - Photo Credit Susan Wilburn

Join the race

We're building a robust coalition of health care institutions committed to zero emissions and creating a more inclusive and resilient economy. The Race to Zero is open to all health care institutions including hospitals, health care systems, and health care facilities that are not national health ministries party to the UNFCCC.

As the Race to Zero health care partner, Health Care Without Harm is inviting health care institutions to join the Race to Zero through our Health Care Climate Challenge initiative.

By joining Race to Zero, health care institutions receive a membership in the Health Care Climate Challenge and Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (if your institution is not already a member). These networks provide access to a suite of tools, resources and people to assist health care institutions in reducing their carbon footprint, implementing successful sustainability projects and programs, and achieving the ambition of Race to Zero. 

To join Race to Zero, institutions are invited to submit a letter stating a commitment to reaching net zero emission by 2050 and reporting annually on progress towards these goals. 

For more information on Race to Zero, member requirements and how to join, please see our FAQs

Health institutions in the Race to Zero

Argentina
Hospital Universitario Austral

Australia
Ambulance Victoria
Echuca Regional Hospital
Hunter New England Local Health District
Metro South Health
Your Community Health

Brazil
Clinical Hospital of Botucatu Medical School
Hospital do Rocio
Hospital Pequeno Príncipe
Rede D'Or São Luiz S.A. 
Santa Casa de Misericórdia da Bahia - Hospital Santa Izabel
Sociedade Beneficente de Senhoras Hospital Sírio Libanês
Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein
SPDM - Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina

Chile
Servicio de Salud de Valdivia

Colombia
Clínica Imbanaco S.A.S
Fundación Hospital San Pedro 
Hospital San Rafael de Pasto 
Instituto Oncológico Ospedale Inoos S.A.S
Liga Colombiana Contra el Cáncer
Retinher

Costa Rica
Hospital Clínica Bíblica

Germany
Dr. Becker Unternehmensgruppe 
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hubertus 
Fachklinik Gaissach
Hospital Havelhöhe

Global
Bupa

Greece
General Hospital of Syros

India
Amrita Hospital, Faridabad 
Aravind Eye Care System 
CSI Lombard Mission Hospital, Udupi
Directorate of Health Services, Kerala 

Indonesia
Syamsudin Hospital

Malaysia
Hospital Bukit Mertajam
Sunway Medical Centre Velocity KL 

Mexico
Centro Médico ABC
Hospital General Tultitlán San Pablo de las Salinas "Dr. José Severiano Reyes Brito"

New Zealand
The Eye Surgery Hastings

Philippines
Mary Johnston Hospital
St. Paul Hospital Iloilo

Poland
Wolica Healthcare Center for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis

Singapore
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital / Yishun Health

South Africa
Netcare
Western Cape Government Health

Spain
Consortium of Health and Social Care of Catalonia
Galician Health Service
Hospitals Consortium from VIC (CHV)
Hospital Saint John of God Tenerife
Mollet Health Foundation

Sweden
Region Västra Götaland

Switzerland
Oviva AG

Taiwan
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation Douliu Tzu Chi Hospital
Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital

Thailand
Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital
Makarak Hospital
Prapokklao Hospital
Sawanpracharak Hospital

United Arab Emirates
PureHealth

United Kingdom
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

United States
Ascension
CommonSpirit Health
Providence
University of California Davis Health
University of California Irvine Health
University of California Los Angeles Health
University of California San Diego Health
University of California San Francisco Health
University of Vermont Medical Center

Zambia
Medland Hospital