DO NO HARM

Energy Investment for Community Health

Our Ask

HEALTHY ENERGY INVESTMENT POLICY

1) Stop investing in fossil fuel (divest or freeze)

2) All new energy investments will be clean

3) Local impact investments in low carbon future

It's the right thing to do.

PARIS AGREEMENT

“won't save the planet, but saves the chance of saving the planet”

Bill McKibben 350.org

2C PATHWAY

PARIS PLEDGES

CURRENT POLICY

A long way to go.

A short time to get there

Years till carbon budget spent*

50% 66%

1.5 C 10 6

2.0 C 28 21

*assumes emissions level when in fact they are increasing

US would have to double Paris pledge

Increase rate of annual emissions reduction from 2% to 4%

Cut our emissions in half in 15 years

MISSION

Technologically &

Economically

POSSIBLE

Thesolutionsproject. org

84% OF ALL VOTERS AND 72% OF GOP

78% support regulation of GHG emissions

BIGGEST BARRIER

Campaign Contributions2014 Exxon spent $2 million

US Rep. Dana Rohrbacher

Oil Change International, 2014

FORXL pipelineShale oil developmentOffshore oil leasesGas and oil exportsClimate denier bills

AGAINST EPA regulationEnding oil subsidies Fuel efficiencyClean energy

Get the money out of politics

Make the money politically toxic

WHY HEALTH SYSTEMS?

Public trustMoral authorityMajor economic playersMedia magnets

Hospitals have power

Vision Leadership

Savings

Hospitals use power.

Hospitals are invested in Improving community health

The Action The Message1. Stop investing in fossil fuels. Freeze vs divest. Fossil fuels are unhealthy

2. All new energy investments will be clean. Fossils are the past, clean energy is the future

3. Invest in sustainable facilities and communities.We can do this.

What does healthy energy investmentlook like?

Jeffery Thompson MDGundersen Lutheran Health System

GUNDERSEN ANNUAL SAVINGS

$2 million $1 millionefficiency clean energy

$10 million/year

$ 4 million/year

KAISER

Gundersen Energy Investment Policy

“If our mission really is what we say it is, then we need to stop causing harm.”

Dr. Jeffery Thompson, CEO Gundersen Lutheran

Hotter means: sicker

5% elder deaths8% premature births

for every 10 degrees Fabove seasonal average

for every 2 degrees Fabove seasonal average

smoggier

For every heat related 10 ppb ozone

7%PedsER

4%ElderAdmits

1/2 %Deaths

smokier

PedAsthmaAdmits 34%

ElderAdmits 70%

hungrier

thirstier

poorer

What environmental hazard kills more people than climate change?

300,000 deaths / yearWHOLE PLANET

3.5 million / year globally 200,000 in US4,300 in South Coast Air Basin1 in 10 deaths Los Angeles

6 cities with the worst air in the US

Fresno-Madera

Los Angeles-Long Beach

Visalia-Porterville-Hanford

Bakersfield

Modesto

Sacramento-Roseville

American Lung Association, State of the Air 2014

LA COUNTY

27,000 children

70,000 episodes of pediatric bronchitis

10% of ER visits

20% of hospitalizations

Asthma and Air Pollution

Prenatal Exposure

Lifelong Damage

UCLA Multi Ethnic Study on Atherosclorosis-

Air pollution speeds up narrowing of arteries

California Teachers' Study 41% increased risk of cardiac death

16,000 cancers

7,000 - 21,000 deaths

Air pollution's annual toll in CA

Who suffers?

Poor people People of color

FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENT CAUSES HARM

DiseaseLoss of lifeMiscarriagesFetal Brain DamageLoss of homes and livelihoodExacerbates inequalityImpedes climate action

Organizational Mission and Values

Community Benefit

Bioethics

Moral/Religious

HARM THROUGH 4 LENSES

MISSION

To extend the healing ministry of Jesus in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph

by continually improving the health and quality of life of people in the communities we serve

VISION

“to promote health improvement and create healthy communities”

VALUES: JUSTICE

advocate for systems... attuned to the needs of the vulnerable and disadvantaged

BIOETHICS

Beneficence – help and prevent harm

Nonmaleficence – avoid doing harm

Justice – distribute fairly

Autonomy – respect self determination

RATIONALIZATIONSwhich have no place in patient care

We've always done it.

Everyone does it.

If we don't do it, someone else will.

“Purchasing is always a moral – and not simply economic – act.”

Pope Benedict, Caritas en Veritate

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS

Protect human lifePromote the common goodPrioritize the needs of the poorAdvocate against injusticeCare for creation

“Cooperation with evil” is justified when:

Good>Harm

Least harmful way to achieve good

Does good thus far outweigh the harm?

Is that likely to change in next 3 years?

Is more better?

Weighing the Good, Part One A seat at the table

Exxon Report to Shareholders on Stranded Assets

for < 2C : 30% oil stays underground

– emissions start to fall in 2020 50% clean energy by 2030

In 2040: No stranded assets.Emissions still rising 5% clean energy

Weighing the Good, Part TwoIncome

Better yields without fossil fuels

“Analysis by Investment Advisor revealed effectively no impact on returns and risks. Sufficient alternative investments are available.”

Gundersen LutheranInvestment Freeze

Union of Concerned ScientistsDivestment

“Our experience demonstrates clearly that even a midsize organization like ours with a conservative investment strategy can divest from fossil fuel companies with no material change in risk or return objectives.”

HARM

GOOD

Alternative (or Addition)

HEALTHY ENERGY INVESTMENT POLICY

1. A halt to investment in fossil fuel.

2. All new energy investments will be clean.

3. Invest in sustainable facilities and communities

Address the greatest roadblock to climate action

Provide good return on investment

Be a climate leader, start a cascade

Improve the health of the communities you serve

BENEFITS

CARMAGEDDON Los Angeles, CA

Ultrafine Particulates down 83 percent

PM2.5 down 36 percent

ER Visits UCLA decreased 23%ER Visits Cedars Sinai decreased 13%911 calls decreased 12%

FRENCH REFINERY STRIKE

Air quality in neighborhoods near refineries

Decreased hospital admissions

Increased birthweight

Fewer preterm births

HARM

HARM

GOOD

Hospital

Latin: hospes

Host AND Guest

“Teach us... to recognize that we are profoundly united.”

“Bring healing to our lives, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.”

”Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.”

Pope Francis - Laudato Si