Purpose
This policy has been created to ensure that the Charity is aligned with NBTs vision of being a ‘leader in the field of sustainable healthcare and using our influence to enable staff, patients, suppliers and healthcare partners achieve a sustainable and resilient health and care system for our region’.
The policy
In partnership with North Bristol NHS Trust, we will;
1. Maximise access to the natural environment for the benefit of health and wellbeing and for the prevention of avoidable illness
· Promote staff and patient access to high quality green spaces
2. Reduce our travel related carbon emissions
· Encourage sustainable travel for staff, patients and visitors
· Assess travel requests against total carbon emissions
· Monitor and report travel related carbon emissions
· Offset travel related carbon emissions through tree planting
3. Maximise sustainability within all our Charity Projects
· Ensure Sustainability Impact Assessments are completed for all projects where are Trust business case is required
· Adopt sustainable mitigation measures for all projects
4. Maximise the sustainable use of resources
· Conserve energy, water and other natural resources
· Prevent, reuse and recycle our waste
· Avoid single-use plastics, including promotional materials
· Adopt a ‘digital-first’ approach, ensuring that any printed materials are FSC certified or 100% recycled paper
Please contact the Charity team if you have any queries concerning our sustainability policy on southmeadhospitalcharity@nbt.nhs.uk
