The Hospital and Healthcare industry is expected to reach over $10 trillion in global spending by 2022 with the North America market alone spending more than $4 trillion. Today approximately 47 million seniors live in the United States, nearly 15% of the population, and this number is predicted to rise to more than 78 million by 2035. Senior Living Communities operate 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, and with the variety of services, buildings and hospitals are very resource intensive. Hospitals are considered mission critical and are very energy and resource intensive with sophisticated building systems.

These industries are highly regulated and sustainability reporting is becoming an industry requirement. To make matters more complex, they have enormous supply chains to deal with. The demand for sustainable supply chains for these industries is a significant trend.