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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The Environmental Sustainability Gap in Clinical Trials: Workforce Attitudes, Barriers, and Emerging Practice from an International Survey
October 2026 This report presents the findings of our BIG Clinical Trials Sustainability Survey. The survey gathered 181 responses from...
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Systematic, contextual, and individual influences drive trialists’ behaviour relating to greener trial design and delivery – A qualitative study
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | Oct 2026 | To identify the key behavioural determinants that influence how people working in...
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Carbon footprint of clinical research: a systematic review and quantitative synthesis of estimates, sources of variation and emission hotspots
BMJ | Oct 2026 | Nekouei Shahraki M, Van Bodegraven L, De Haes F, et alCarbon footprint of clinical research:...
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6 things you can do to reduce the environmental impact of clinical research trials
Imperial | Sept 2026 "Clinical research trials are an essential way to advance medicine and develop treatments that can help...
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Sustainable Healthcare Coalition Launches Version 3 of the Clinical Trial Carbon Calculator
May 2026 Significant update to the free-to-use calculator delivers multi-trial analysis capability and deeper country-level modelling, enabling sponsors and researchers...
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Decarbonizing clinical trials: Where sustainability meets operational excellence
ERM Blog released on 11th May.
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The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast
We sit down with the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition (SHC) to unpack what it really takes to decarbonize healthcare
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Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at ULS Matosinhos, Portugal
It is recognised that health and care systems are undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients...
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Building environmental considerations into the evaluation of health interventions
The past decade has seen encouraging commitments from health system leaders, professional societies and industry to identifying environmentally sustainable practices...
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SHC Partner Engagement Meetings
2025 – Spring Partner Engagement Meeting held on 29th April
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Waste Benefits of a Reusable IoL Inserter in Cataract Surgery
Cataract surgery holds the title of the most frequently conducted surgical procedure globally. In the UK alone, Optegra – a...
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Open Letter to Clinical Trial Community published by members of the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force
SMI | Feb 2025 "CEOs from AstraZeneca, GSK, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Sanofi and Roche have signed the letter"
