On the 18th of October 2022, we invited a panel of well-seasoned energy experts to discuss the future of the NHS’ commitment to Green Energy. As part of our mission to help improve sustainability within the NHS, this panel brought forward their innovative contributions and opinions on how our National Health Service can improve its efficiency and sustainability.

We need to create a climate-positive working culture across organisations and health and care partnerships. This means inspiring and encouraging the whole healthcare system to think and act differently towards climate and health.

The construction and building industry accounts for 38% of the worlds Carbon Emissions, but can the use of Hemp make it more sustainable?

How many people are aware of the fact that we, on average, consume thousands of tiny bits of plastic every year? Quite a shocking thought and something many people have likely not thought to be a consequence of plastic use.

With a call for all businesses big and small to make a pledge to cut their emissions in half by 2030 and then to net zero by 2050 or sooner, we have been thinking about ways in which different companies will be moving towards these goals.

The worlds plastic consumption is out of control, with single use plastics being our greatest problem and our usage has only risen during the pandemic. This is likely not news to most people, but did you know that the NHS is the largest user of single use plastic in the whole of Europe?

There has been a whole host of new initiatives introducing sustainable practices into our daily lives and one way this has been done is through the installation of green walls in indoor environment. But these can often be high maintenance and without proper knowledge in the plants being used, can have the opposite effect, such as moss walls that require chemical preservatives and systems that fail to manage water usage efficiently. This leaves a gap for new initiatives on creating indoor green environments.

To encourage sustainability within the NHS, there needs to be a clear focus on innovation to create efficiencies and to reduce waste in the ways that products are made, transported and used and also in working practices. Altruistic ideals of working to benefit the environment and each other may go some way to encourage such innovation. However, awareness of the potential commercial benefits flowing from creating new intellectual property (”IP”) may be a powerful additional incentive.

One of the greatest environmental issues we face is the use of single use plastics in our day to day lives. Three hundred million tonnes of plastic are created yearly, weighing the same as the entire human population, 50% of these are single use items!

With such a complex and diverse asset range, becoming the world’s first Net-Zero national health service is not an easy task! We have partnered up with Clarions Solicitors energy, renewables and low carbon expert Christian Hellmund to discuss some potential strategies.

Anyone who’s in charge of procurement within the NHS is responsible for supply chain. This could be as simple as ordering your next box of pens right up to clean energy procurement or building supplies for the next NHS mega structure.

The increase in energy costs will bring NHS organisations under considerable pressure, particularly when facing tight budgets and the target of becoming the world’s first Net-Zero National Health Service. We have partnered up with Inenco to bring you an overview of effective energy management that will benefit your trust in becoming more sustainable.

Earth Day is a worldwide celebration held on April 22nd to show appreciation for protecting the environment. The theme for this year is Earth Restoration. This theme extends beyond mitigation as factors in the preservation of our world. However, to improve our environment, we must consider restoration and adaptation through the use of new systems and green technologies

Since the coronavirus pandemic and the demand for PPE, our plastic production has increased. Face mask production across the world has created a new environmental challenge. It is not just professionals requiring PPE, this has now become something that is used daily by the majority of the population.

Life could have not started without Volcanoes; it was the first supplier of Carbon Dioxide on the earth. Carbon Dioxide is essential for our internal respiration. “For the past 10000 years, its presence in our atmosphere has suited life perfectly. Its greenhouse properties have kept our life’s stable and warm” If it was not for carbon dioxide our earth’s oceans would be frozen solid! “it is the foundation of Life”.

Life could have not started without Volcanoes; it was the first supplier of Carbon Dioxide on the earth. Carbon Dioxide is essential for our internal respiration. “For the past 10000 years, its presence in our atmosphere has suited life perfectly. Its greenhouse properties have kept our life’s stable and warm” If it was not for carbon dioxide our earth’s oceans would be frozen solid! “it is the foundation of Life”.

Air pollution is the top environmental risk to human health in the UK. Air Quality is the term we use to describe how polluted the air we breathe is. When air quality is poor the air, we breathe can become dangerous to people, especially those with heart or lung conditions.