BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company and Sustainable Healthcare Coalition member, has signed on to the Race to Zero [https://racetozero.unfccc.int/] via the most ambitious Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the Business...

The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition is developing a tool to track carbon emissions from clinical trials and our Chair, Dr Fiona Adshead spoke to Clinical Trials Arena  about the project. While the healthcare industry is responsible for saving millions of human lives,...

We are contributing to the Race to Zero by driving our members to join the campaign. We are excited to be recognised in helping accelerate the Race and encourage you to visit the Race to Zero website to find out more. Together we’ll be racing for a better world. A...

The first step to reducing the carbon footprint of clinical trials is to develop a tool to measure reliably the carbon footprint of trials and identify which elements of trials are carbon-heavy. The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, which was set up by NHS England to...

We are excited that leading innovative health technology company, Recipharm has chosen to join the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition (SHC). Since acquiring Bespak in 2020, Recipharm is now a market leading design, development and manufacturing centre for technologies,...

The Green Nephrology Group in The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a project, in collaboration with the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition and Environmental Resources Management Limited, focusing on one of the most environmentally damaging...

Care pathway for Monoclonal Antibody Therapy of Severe Eosinophilic Asthma The use of Monoclonal Antibody (Mab) therapy is relatively new and evolving, but promises to revolutionise the management of asthma. This study by AstraZeneca has demonstrated the value of...

Some of the members of the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition (then called the Coalition for Sustainable Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (CSPM)) submitted a Joint Statement to the UN Climate Summit held in New York on 23rd September 2014; a pivotal meeting on the...

Investigating the Current State of Sustainable Procurement of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices It has been shown that supply chains contribute a significant proportion of the overall impact of our healthcare systems on the environment and to our society, stemming...

 Across the globe, cataracts are the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment, making cataract surgery one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide. But the surgical systems used in most developed countries and, in particular, their use of...