3 must-reads for Earth Day 2026

Earth Day is held annually on April 22, and has expanded into Earth Month in recent years. On this Earth Day, dvm360 is taking a look at recent content that provides information and inspiration for practicing sustainability in veterinary medicine. These articles highlight commentary in favor of choosing climate-smart pet ownership, one company’s efforts to achieve carbon neutral certification for its manufacturing facility, and an effort to help equine and companion animal practices pursue sustainability for perioperative care with the use of a new resource. As a bonus, a video that discusses reducing the impact of greenhouse gases from anesthesia is included.

Veterinarians must lead the climate-smart pet ownership conversation

Climate-smart pet ownership will be defined either by science and veterinary ethics or by marketing and denial, and the profession must choose now.

Animal health manufacturing site achieves carbon neutral certification

Boehringer Ingelheim's site in Athens, Georgia, includes research and development facilities designed with LEED-aligned sustainability elements.

Veterinary sustainability checklist for perioperative care is launched

The tool from Dechra brings together equine and companion animal guidelines.

Video: Environmental considerations for inhalant anesthesia

Tatiana Henriques Ferreira, DVM, PhD, MSc, DACVAA, discusses how certain pain management methods affect air and water quality, in a dvm360 interview.