Call For Health Sector Employees To Go Green

Thu, 15 May 2008

Health professionals across the UK have been urged to take steps in reducing their carbon footprint .

According to the new report on climate change, published by the British Medical Association last month, health professionals must take urgent action to reduce energy consumption and make greater use of electronic communications.

The report urges organisations to go ‘green’ by carrying out carbon audits, installing water meters, using email or telephone to communicate with other healthcare professionals, and reducing unnecessary heating and air conditioning systems .

By installing a water filter at source, health companies can "avoid transportation of filtered bottled water for dispensers", according to the BMA report, which also recommends that health professionals "try to avoid drinking bottled water or using products with excess packaging".

"As the biggest employer in the UK, and one with a considerable carbon footprint, the NHS needs to take urgent action to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and the contribution it makes to climate change," the report explained.

It warns that the NHS produces emissions equivalent to roughly a million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year.
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