Collaboration for net zero in healthcare: Lessons learnt on how to accelerate change

Over the last year there have been considerable learning opportunities from the response to the twin crises presented by the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.

This session will explore these lessons and identify what opportunities there are to accelerate future change. Partners of the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition (SHC)* will present on:     

• Race to Zero – global acceleration for a net zero world: How Race to Zero (a UN-backed global campaign) is working with non-state actors in the healthcare sector to accelerate change to reduce carbon and taking rigorous and immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030, delivering a healthier, safer, fairer, and more habitable world.     
• Achieving a Net Zero Healthcare System Through Clinical Leadership: Discussing the importance of clinical leadership in demanding change.     
• Innovation: pointers to the future: A case study examining the significant role industry can play in delivering medical supply chains that are resilient to changing healthcare demands and environmental needs. This will cover "building back greener’ healthcare after COVID-19 (including learnings from the SENTINEL pilot), the importance of diverse and resilient supply chains, ways in which digital is transforming green healthcare, and examples of how collaboration along the healthcare value chain can drive impact at the intersection of human and planetary health.
• Introducing a primary care calculator to estimate practice footprints.    
• Discussion and Q&A.

*Created by the NHS (UK), the SHC works as a bridge between public and private sectors. Producing the world’s first guidance on how to measure the carbon footprint of medicines and devices, it has designed carbon assessment and reduction methodologies for application across healthcare sectors, at scale, unlocking considerable GHG reduction opportunities.