Sustainable Sourcing in Healthcare: Mellissa Nguyen, Vizient Inc.

Mellissa Nguyen is the Senior Program Manager of Environmentally Preferred Sourcing at Vizient, the country's largest member-owned health care services company. Under her leadership, Vizient developed and deployed an environmentally preferred sourcing program, representing the largest portfolio of products with environmentally preferred attributes in the healthcare supply chain spend, serving more than half the nation’s health care organizations. Through her work, Vizient has partnered with suppliers across every hospital purchasing sector including food, medical commodities, and furniture, creating sustainability standards that make today’s healthcare systems more resilient. Mellissa and Kevin discuss the future of healthcare and sustainability coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of sustainable procurement practices in driving positive impact. Learn more about Vizient's Environmentally Preferred Sourcing program: https://bit.ly/3K9zKhL Stay up to date with Vizient: https://bit.ly/3tShZ0x Sign up for SBC's monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/3JVEeIq

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Welcome to the Positive Impact Podcast, where we discuss topics at the intersection of business, sustainability and social justice. With so many negative things out there in the world today, politically and with a pandemic, this podcast explores how we can break barriers and create positive impactful change with industry leaders and pioneers. I’m Kevin Wilhelm, CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting, a firm that works with organizations to have a positive impact on the planet and social justice through the lens of business.