Looking forward at 2026, while federal US politics has changed, the physics of a warming planet and popular support has not. CFOs need creative savings more than ever.
Bad news, 2025 record pollution: According to the Economist magazine, the world’s environmental problems continue with record CO2 emissions in 2025. Earth is on track to increase average temperature by 5 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. We see evidence of this increase with “wacky weather” including powerful storms with more water trapped in the atmosphere (rain, snow, thunderstorms, floods) and more heat, drought, wind and fire at abnormal times of year and in abnormal places. Polar ice is melting faster than expected, raising sea levels, eroding coastlines and causing floods. Property insurance rates are increasing across the US to offset the costs of a record $110B in storm damage in 2025. Electricity costs increased 7-17% in 2025, impacting business and households. Plastic is in our bodies and oceans. Human migration continues from the equator to countries where migrants see hope for a better life. Finally, President Trump has wrecked US environmental and healthcare policy. PatientEarth needs our help as health industry still produces 9% of the carbon pollution in the US.
There is good news, too. Earth may have reached peak CO2 emissions because of the massive production of solar panels in China. Their solar production is increasing 1Gigawatt (the 750,00 homes) per day. China’s cheap solar panels are finding use in Pakistan, Africa and other areas with strained and old electricity grids supported by coal. According to Yale, 72% of the US population believe the climate is being harmed and increases business and household costs for insurance and electricity. Electric vehicles are replacing dirty gas engines. Renewable energy is now the cheapest form of energy with expensive coal plants closing. Importantly, sustainability is good business, with a Deloitte study showing 83% of companies investing in sustainability projects to reduce operating expenses.
SION60 is having success. We added out 6th client, an Ambulatory Surgery Center in New Jersey. Over a dozen projects for clients were completed including greenhouse gas inventory, Energy Star interfaces, projects to reduce plastic waste and pollution with our partners, LED replacement analysis, vehicle fleet analysis to EVs and our 9th version of CarbonEMR. We started our GreenASC program with Howard Maunus, MD a retired GI physician and Harvard Climate Health Fellow. We also became members of the Carbon Accounting Alliance. I am also very proud of our hospital sustainability innovation grant program we launched at a Kansas hospital.
As we enter our 4th year, we have strong commitment from our board and investors. Our board members include the Board Chairs of a statewide health system, a publicly traded biotech company and an expert on health system strategy and financing. I couldn’t dream of better guidance for these changing times.
We believe all health organizations can increase profit and reduce pollution with our platform and projects. In healthcare, environmental and financial sustainability go hand in hand and there are plenty of opportunities- building operations, utility cost savings, the OR, ED, ICU, supply chain to save money. Even HR is finding sustainability as a low-cost way to engage employees. CFOs also use sustainability savings to offset Affordable Care Act and Medicaid cuts.
Our 2026 product roadmap includes: expanding our CarbonEMRTM platform to interface utility invoices and develop, with two amazing thought leaders, a climate resilience tool to help CFOs reduce property insurance costs. Our sharp digital marketing team will continue to share client and vendor stories to reduce energy, waste and pollution. We do all the work at a low cost so more organizations can do more sustainability projects. And as in years past, 100% of revenues will be used to improve our solution.
If you want to increase profitability and be sustainable, we will help you be the hero. Let’s go!
