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Premier Inc. Receives 2016 Champion for Change Award for Environmental Stewardship
[May 20, 2016]

Premier Inc. Receives 2016 Champion for Change Award for Environmental Stewardship


Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, has been recognized for environmental excellence by Practice Greenhealth, a leading healthcare organization driving environmental stewardship and sustainable practices.

For the 14th year in a row, Premier has received the Champion for Change Award for its GreenHealthy® environmental leadership program, collaboration with alliance member health systems on environmentally preferable purchasing and energy efficiency initiatives, as well as daily, company-wide efforts to make informed decisions about sustainable products, services and business practices.

"Premier strives to keep our workplace and practices environmentally sound," said Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, vice president of Premier and director of Premier's Safety Institute®. "We take great pride in offering healthy, safe and sustainable products and services to our member health systems, patients, workers and communities."

As a company, Premier recycles or reuses 75 percent of solid waste from its corporate office, which is LEED certified. Premier employees pledge to make a personal commitment to reduce their carbon footprint each year. In addition, over the past year Premier offered its members more than 230 contracts with safer and more environmentally friendly products, including 132,000 latex-free products and more than 50,000 environmentally preferable products and services, such as:

  • Hormone and steroid-free chicken products packaged with recycled materials.
  • Intravenous delivery and hemodynamic monitoring products without polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP).
  • Baby products free of paraben, sulfate, fragrance and other potentially harmful contaminants.
  • Floor care equipment, services and products that have third-party certification.



Premier also offers healthcare energy reduction and efficiency products from contracted suppliers, energy procurement services and analytics, and a comprehensive website that includes best practices on how to build and sustain a green healthcare environment by reducing carbon footprints and increasing the use of renewable energy sources.

In addition, Premier is a supporting partner for the Healthier Hospitals Initiative, a national campaign to improve sustainability in the healthcare sector. Initiative goals include energy reduction along with safer chemicals, environmentally preferable purchasing and waste reduction.


Publicly-accessible resources on patient, worker and green issues in healthcare are available on the Premier Safety Institute website.

About Premier Inc.

Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately 3,600 U.S. hospitals and 120,000 other providers to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare. Please visit Premier's news and investor sites on www.premierinc.com; as well as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Foursquare and Premier's blog for more information about the company.


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