Resources
Browse our library of guides, case studies and resources. Developed with our members across industry, the NHS and academia, they share practical tools, methods and real-world learning on sustainable patient care pathways, clinical trials and more.
Whether you're just starting to explore healthcare sustainability or looking to measure and reduce emissions in your own work, you'll find resources here to support you - search below:
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Sustainable Clinical Trials by Design
July 2026 | A structured, repeatable approach to measuring the carbon footprint of clinical trials
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Minimising waste in clinical trials
July 2026 | Protocol-level decisions have the greatest leverage on the volume of consumables, samples, and packaging a trial goes...
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Decarbonising Clinical Trials at Novartis
Novartis has embedded environmental sustainability across the clinical trial lifecycle, from protocol design through to close-out. This case study explains...
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Minimise patient & staff travel in clinical trials
July 2026 | Every visit a trial requires is also a journey with a carbon cost. Redesigning where and how...
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SHC Partner Engagement Meetings
2025 – Spring Partner Engagement Meeting held on 29th April
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Balancing Sustainability and Access: The Future of Off-Patent Medicines
The off-patent medicines industry is a cornerstone of European healthcare, accounting for 70% of medicines dispensed in Europe. These drugs...
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Quantifying the carbon footprint of clinical trials: guidance development and case studies
BMJ | Jan 2024 "The urgency of the climate crisis requires attention from biomedical research, not least clinical trials which...
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A strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of clinical trials
The Lancet | July 2021 "Clinical trials need to be decarbonised and we propose a strategy for doing so."
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Healthcare, Circular Economy Principles and Sustainable Wellbeing
Global expenditure on healthcare represented close to 10% of GDP in 2015, a proportion that is anticipated to grow because...
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A Manifesto for Global Sustainable Health
A manifesto has been produced that attempts to summarise the thoughts explored by the Sustainable Health Symposium that was held...
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A Perspective on Environmental Sustainability Assessments in the Healthcare Sector
A discussion paper titled “Challenges and recommendations for environmental sustainability assessments of pharmaceutical products in the healthcare sector” has been...
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Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Carbon Footprinting Standard
The founding project of the coalition was to develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting guidance document for the pharmaceutical and...
