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Advancing Sustainability in Healthcare

Driving sustainable practices to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce environmental impact

Key Healthcare Sustainability Stats

  • 4.4% The healthcare industry is responsible for 4.4% of global CO2 emissions (Source: International Hospital Federation)
  • 2045 The NHS England has committed to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2045 and in doing so improve health, now and for future generations. (Source: NHS England)
  • 66% NHS England’s supply chain accounts for 66% of the overall carbon emissions. (Source: NHS England)
  • 2050 If left unchecked, the healthcare sector’s CO2 footprint could triple by 2050. (Source: The World Economic Forum)
  • 20% 20% of the carbon footprint of the NHS was due to medicines and chemicals (Source: McGrady Clarke)

How we can help

Action Sustainability supports healthcare organisations in adopting sustainable practices to meet regulatory and ESG goals.

We work to strengthen social value strategies and procurement processes, ensuring that sustainability commitments are clearly defined, integrated, and monitored throughout the project lifecycle.

Our approach includes assessing existing strategies, developing tailored tender questions, and creating evaluation metrics to ensure transparency and accountability.

By enhancing supply chain management and operational efficiency, we help organisations minimise risks and improve patient care delivery.

Our goal is to seamlessly embed sustainability into healthcare operations, driving positive environmental and social outcomes while aligning with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Partner with us to make sustainability an integral part of your operations, ensuring long-term success and positive change in the healthcare sector.

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Who we’ve helped

“Barts Trust aims to work with its contracting partners to deliver long-term, meaningful change by prioritising social value benefits as key success factors in the delivery of the project. We invited Action Sustainability to undertake a piece of work in preparation to implement and to help embed sustainability into procurement to generate added social value as an outcome, aligned with PPN 06/020. The outcomes of the tasks they conducted provide a robust framework to embed our social value requirements into the tender process, thereby enabling us to give the supply chain visibility of our requirements and to also ensure it is legally and contractually binding on the successful tenderer upon contract award. The contract and performance management piece ensures regular monitoring of supplier performance during the works for continuous improvement.”

Mark Johnson Construction Procurement Lead

“NHS BT found the assessment and review to be a ‘very useful tool and process’. NHS BT are now implementing the recommended changes and are planning a re-evaluation against ISO 20400 in March 2019.”

Wendy Thorne Assistant Purchasing Manager

Insights into Sustainable Practices