Providence Swedish is once again earns national recognition for environmental sustainability efforts
Practice Greenhealth is the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care. Providence Swedish is proud to be recognized for our excellence and growth in sustainable health care practices across the Central Puget Sound.
Sustainability is core to our mission, and we’re proud to share that our environmental stewardship efforts have earned Practice Greenhealth awards for our Providence Swedish facilities across the Central Puget Sound.
The recognitions included the Practice Greenhealth's Environmental Excellence awards, the organization’s highest honor for hospitals leading in sustainability performance and demonstrating comprehensive sustainability programs inherent to organizational culture.
Practice Greenhealth is the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care. Sustainability means looking at how our operations effect the health and safety of our environment as well as the health of our patients, staff, visitors, and local community.
Congratulations to all of our hospitals throughout Puget Sound for your recognition by Practice Greenhealth. We received nine awards in our region, including Greenhealth Top 25 awards, Greenhealth Leader awards and a Circle of Excellence Award for Energy.
Providence has also received Practice Greenhealth’s Top Health System Award, the organization’s highest honor, and one of only two awarded in the nation—reflecting the collective work of caregivers across our ministry to care wisely for our people, our resources and our earth.
Across the system, 33 hospitals earned 42 Practice Greenhealth awards, including five Top 25 recognitions for hospitals performing at the highest level nationally. Four of those five hospitals were in the Puget Sound: Providence Swedish's Ballard, Cherry Hill, First Hill and Issaquah campuses.
Why this matters
Environmental stewardship is part of how we deliver safe, reliable, high-quality care. When we reduce waste, improve energy use and limit harmful chemicals, we help:
- Create healthier spaces for patients and caregivers.
- Strengthen reliability during times of change.
- Protect the communities we serve today and for future generations.
Top recognitions
Providence earned a Top Health System Award, alongside five hospitals recognized with Top 25 awards—a distinction reserved for the nation’s highest-performing hospitals.
2026 Puget Sound Providence Swedish Practice Greenhealth Awards
Greenhealth Top Health System Award - Providence
Greenhealth Top 25 Award
- Swedish Ballard
- Swedish Cherry Hill
- Swedish First Hill
- Swedish Issaquah
Greenhealth Leader Award
- Providence Centralia Hospital
- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
- Providence St. Peter Hospital
- Swedish Edmonds
Circles of Excellence Awards
- Swedish Issaquah - Energy
- Providence - Chemicals, Climate, Leadership, Transportation, Waste
About Providence Swedish
Providence Swedish has served the Puget Sound region since the first Providence hospital opened in Seattle in 1877 and the first Swedish hospital opened in 1910. The two organizations affiliated in 2012 and today comprise the largest health care delivery system in Western Washington, with 24,000 caregivers, eight hospitals and 244 clinics throughout Western Washington – from Everett to Centralia. A not-for-profit family of organizations, Providence Swedish provides more than $545 million in community benefit in the Puget Sound region each year. The health system offers a comprehensive range of services and specialty and subspecialty care in a number of clinical areas, including cancer, cardiovascular health, neurosciences, orthopedics, digestive health and women’s and children’s care. For more information, visit providence.org/swedish.