Newsweek has published its rankings of the World’s Greenest Hospitals of 2026. The inaugural edition of the program highlights the 250 hospitals that the publication finds are “leading the way in sustainability by reducing emissions, conserving water and improving waste management.”
Newsweek, which partnered with data gathering and visualization firm Statista on the program, intends the ranking to serve as a “benchmark for the industry that demonstrates that environmental responsibility and clinical excellence can go hand in hand, helping create a healthier future for patients and communities alike.”
Facilities in 36 countries are represented on the list, which is based on a “comprehensive multi-pillar methodology that combines quantitative sustainability performance data with qualitative indicators of leadership, recognition and transparency.” Those variously weighted pillars are sustainability performance data, expert recommendations, certifications and accreditations, achievements and recognition, commitments and pledges, and reporting transparency.
The 250 hospitals that made the cut were then assigned “performance indicators ranging from three to five leaves, with five leaves denoting the strongest relative sustainability performance among ranked hospitals.” Newsweek states that the leaf designations are “intended to distinguish varying levels of performance within this highly selected group.” You can read much more about the methodology on the rankings site.
Ranked U.S. hospitals
Overall, 69 U.S. hospitals were among the 250 honored in the ranking.
Six U.S. hospitals received five leaves:
- Boston Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland
- Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center in San Diego
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville (Fla.)
- Mayo Clinic – Rochester (Minn.)
- Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital
Twenty-three U.S. hospitals received four leaves:
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas
- Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center
- Harborview Medical Center in Seattle
- Hillcrest Medical Center at UC San Diego
- Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J.
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Fla.
- Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
- NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island in Mineola, N.Y.
- NYU Langone Hospitals - Tisch Hospital in New York City
- Ohio State University - Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio
- Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore.
- Rush University Medical Center in Chicago
- Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Stanford Health Care - Stanford (Calif.) Hospital
- The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City
- University of Michigan Health - Ann Arbor
- WellSpan York (Pa.) Hospital
Forty U.S. hospitals received three leaves:
- Ascension Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas
- Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola (Fla.)
- Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas
- Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
- Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, N.J.
- Atlantic Health Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center
- Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J.
- Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J.
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
- Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas
- Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas in Austin
- Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C.
- Kaiser Permanente Irvine (Calif.) Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Ore.
- Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif.
- Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill.
- Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage
- Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Calif.
- Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance (Calif.)
- Providence Medford (Ore.) Medical Center
- Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (Calif.)
- Providence Portland (Ore.) Medical Center
- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.)
- Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash.
- Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif.
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.
- Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange (Calif.)
- Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif.
- Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Wash.
- Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont.
- Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.
- Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J.
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles
- Swedish Issaquah (Wash.) Campus
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
- UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif.
- University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento
- UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh
- Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital
