Background: Environmental reporting is increasingly important for medical facilities. Currently, hospitals can determine the content of an environmental report as they see fit.

Objective: To examine the utility and scope of an employee survey as an instrument for the preparation of an environmental report at the University Hospital Greifswald.

Method: For this purpose a questionnaire was developed with a focus on environmental behaviour and the significance attached to the protection of the environment.

Results: The employees of the University Medicine Greifswald attach an unexpectedly high significance to the protection of the environment. Based on this finding, this potential should be used to promote the optimal implementation of ecological-economic behaviour within the University Medicine.

Conclusion: An employee survey is a useful instrument in the preparation of an environmental report.