The concept of green health is all-encompassing, touching every aspect of our lives, from the air we breathe and the Earth we walk on, to the food and water we ingest, to the materials used in creating our built environment, to the energy that drives our homes and transportation, to the care that we give to our bodies. In the quest to embrace a healthy, sustainable way of life, both individual commitment to green living and government funding of green technologies and practices are vital, but it is private industry's role in green health that has the capacity to be the most transformative, on local, national, and global scales.

Whether spurred by government programs and initiatives or by the simple desire to minimize environmental harm and ...