Through Practice Green, Henry Schein aims to encourage communities to become more eco-friendly by providing solutions to support, educate, and enhance the environmental sustainability efforts of our customers and suppliers.
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Henry Schein Service First provides an equipment protection program that allows practices to proactively check critical equipment from a single portal, while being woven into our technician's network. So, if alerts are generated, the Henry Schein team is notified in real time so they can diagnose an issue before it becomes a problem, potentially eliminating any loss of production.
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AADOM PODcast with Henry Schein Cares Foundation – Practice Green
The American Association of Dental Office Management (AADOM) Green Leader initiative is presented in partnership with the Henry Schein Cares Foundation. Hear from AADOM's Green Leaders who have adopted environmentally friendly practices that are helping to reduce the impact of "business as usual" dentistry and have achieved bottom-line benefits by using environmentally friendly products and implementing specific changes to reduce waste.
The ADEE together with the European Dental Students' Association (EDSA) developed the Practice Green awards, aimed to embed an ethos of sustainability within the education lifecycle for oral health professionals and within their educational and clinical practice settings.
Valarie Caufield, DAADOM Sodorff & Wilson Family Dentistry Spokane Valley, WA 2024 Green Leader
Heather Colicchio Founder & President, American Association of Dental Office Management
Erika Pusillo Practice Optimizer, Spodak Dental Group
Watch AADOM's Earth Day Message from Jennifer Vickery Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Dental
The Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye: For the sustainability group at Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry, led by Prof. Kaan Orhan, the passion for sustainability centers very clearly on the need to reduce the impact of our profession on the planet. This is enabled by embracing the use of technologies throughout the dental care continuum to eliminate paper and waste, and to encourage ownership of the problem by the profession, from student to practitioner. The Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University sustainability group has created an impressive range of initiatives – from installation of solar panels, free bikes hire options for students, and training and support on a variety of sustainability related initiatives.
The Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary: Established in 2021, the Sustainability Dentistry Group is led by Prof Tamás Demeter. Since formation, the group has led an internal drive to reduce waste, specifically, single-use plastics and a faculty greening initiative. The focus on single-use plastics has seen the faculty change many of its processes and gain value through the reduction of waste. The group provides training and support to staff and students, while developing comprehensive communication support that ranges from encouraging team members and students to bring the own mug to the cafeteria, to presentations on the importance of sustainability at external conferences. The Oral Health Professional Educators’ ‘Practice Green©’award was named after Henry Schein’s global programme, Practice Green, which provides customers and suppliers with products, solutions, and resources, enabling health care professionals to create a greener practice.
BeeSure, Business Development
"BeeSure, a Pro2 Solutions company, takes a comprehensive approach to eco-friendliness, weaving it into every aspect of our dental product line. Our commitment starts with affordability, offering high-quality dental products made with up to 100% recycled plastic disposables. This ensures dental practices can make sustainable choices without sacrificing budget. We also utilize 100% post-consumer fiber packaging, minimizing reliance on virgin materials, and reducing overall waste throughout their supply chain. BeeSure believes every choice has an impact. Our partnership with Henry Schein gives all practices nationwide the opportunity to make green choices part of their purchasing decision. By offering greener dental products, offices can actively contribute to reducing their environmental footprint and collectively work towards protecting our planet. Read more here."
Nanosonics, President
"Nanosonics is committed to keeping patients and clinicians safe, while also protecting the environment for future generations. We developed the trophon device with this Environmental, Social, and Governance commitment in mind. The by-products of a high-level disinfection cycle are just oxygen and a few drops of water – preventing the need for disposal of chemical waste. Once a trophon device has reached retirement, we minimize the environmental footprint through a partnership with a state-of-the-art recycling facility. Their advanced technology keeps 100% of recycled materials out of landfills!"
Premier Dental, Executive Vice President
"For over 110 years, Premier Dental has been inspired by the great work that dental professionals all over the world do every day to provide oral healthcare to patients. Innovative, standard-setting and sustainable products have been at the core of our toolbox for these professionals to aid them in providing better procedures, practices, and patient outcomes. Premier is committed to promoting sustainability in the dental industry. For example, Premier has decreased plastic usage in our packaging. This has been achieved by substituting the shrink-wrap with wafer seals. Wafer seals are small, transparent, round stickers that can effectively seal a product's package while using considerably less plastic. In support of Practice Green, we are also pleased to provide eco-friendly products such as BioGREEN Micro-Applicators. They are the environmentally friendly alternative to traditional plastic applicators. Made from food production straw-byproduct, they are biodegradable and compostable. Another product, Vac-Attak™ GREEN, is a high-performance evacuation system cleaner designed to comply with the EPA's Clean Water Act. Vac Attak GREEN's environmentally-friendly formula meets the ADA's best management practices. Please join us in taking steps to create a more sustainable environment. Through innovative products and processes, we can work together to reduce our environmental impact."
Halyard/Owens & Minor, Corporate Account Manager
Promoting Environmental Stewardship "We work to minimize the impact of our operations on the environment. To minimize climate risk. we proactively review our facilities and supply chain and monitor for climate-related threats and opportunities to ensure continuity of our supply and operations. We manage our carbon footprint through fleet efficiency goals and a dedicated emissions reduction working group. Owens & Minor is a signatory of the Health Sector Climate Pledge, seeking to cut emissions from the Health Sector by 50% by 2030 and achieving Net Zero by 2050. We seek to reduce waste from our operations by improving our packaging and labelling, in-house scrap reuse in manufacturing processes, and by building recycling partnerships with our customers."
B. Braun Medical, Associate Director
"The 2024 Earth Day theme, Planet vs. Plastics, is another critical reminder that the types of plastics and chemicals used in medical device packaging impacts the health of patients and their environment. Here at B. Braun, we recognize the risks posed to patients, as well as the challenges of recycling products containing diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). This is why we offer a full line of IV drug and irrigation containers not made from DEHP or PVC."