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DISCLAIMER
This is an educational resource developed by the NHS Sustainable
Development Unit (www.sdu.nhs.uk) for NHS organisation’s General
Staff Awareness Sessions.
This is not to be used by other than NHS staff; and should not be
used in any way in a commercial setting.
It was produced in August 2010 and revised in May 2011. Please note
that the SDU cannot continue to revise the resource after this date.
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Saving Lives,
Saving Money,
Securing the Future
Sustainability, health and the NHS
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Today we will be exploring…
1. What is sustainability?
2. Why is it important?
3. What can I do to make a difference at home and at work?
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What is Sustainability?
“Meeting our needs today without compromising the
ability of others to meet their needs tomorrow…”
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Sustainability – Striking the Balance
Barbier, 1987
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Did you know?
If everyone on the planet had the same
wasteful lifestyles and used as much energy
as we do in the UK we would need THREE
EARTHS to provide enough resources. We
are living way beyond our means
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What can I do?
Turn it off!
If every Trust cut their energy bill by
5% the NHS in England would save
around £20 million per year.
When you left your house this morning did you
leave the taps running and the lights and TV on?
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Why is sustainability important…?
1) It improves Health
2) It saves Money
3) The NHS can Make a Difference
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Did you know?
The NHS has to reduce its carbon emissions
by 10% by 2015 to help meet the Climate
Change Act (2008) target of 80% by 2050.
How will you help deliver this?
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What can I do?
Reduce travel!
If teleconferencing replaced
5% of business miles travelled,
the NHS (England) would save
over £13.9 million each year
Is that face to face meeting really necessary?
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Health
Although climate change can cause illness and death directly...
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Health
…there are MUCH greater health risks through…
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Health
Health co-benefits: What is good for health is good for the
environment…
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Did you know?
The Government’s Carbon Reduction
Commitment (CRC) scheme requires many NHS
organisations to participate in an “energy league”.
Good performers will do well in the league table
and the CRC will cost them less money than poor
performers.
Saving carbon will save the Trust money that
can be reinvested in delivering services!
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17%
NHS carbon
footprint1
21 million tonnes CO2e
Procurement
Building
energy
use 24%
59%
1 England. NHS Sustainable Development Unit 2010
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What can I do?
Reduce, reuse and recycle!
The NHS spends £20 billion every
year on buying goods and services
Think about everything you use in your job and the amount of
things you throw away: which of them could be used better,
reused or recycled?
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Can we make a difference?
True or False?
1) 21 million tonnes of CO2e is the same as some medium
sized countries (e.g. Estonia and Slovenia)
TRUE
2) The biggest chunk of procurement emissions is the
manufacture of medical devices
FALSE
3) The NHS is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in
Europe
TRUE
4) 1 in 20 journeys on UK roads are health related
TRUE
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Others have been there before you….
When the winds of change blow, some people
build walls and others build windmills
(Chinese proverb)
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Making the presentation specific to
your Organisation
You may like to include slides with:
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Your Organisation’s sustainability statement
Who the SD Champions are in the Organisation
Who the Board level sponsor is for Sustainable Development work
Specific information and data from your Organisation (e.g. amount
Organisation spends on energy, how much water the Organisation
uses etc)
• Information about staff events promoting sustainability
• The key actions you want people to take in the Organisation to
help improve sustainability and reduce carbon
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