Finance and Governance

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  1. NHS Bristol: Getting Started on our 10:10 Plan

    NHS Bristol and Bristol Community Health have chosen to be amongst the original Ten NHS organisations in the nationwide 10:10 campaign. The 10:10 campaign commits us to achieving a 10% reduction, in 2010, in carbon emissions for business travel and for energy use in buildings. This plan sets out the tasks, the timeline and the people that will be key to successful achievement of our 10:10 commitment within NHS Bristol.

    from SHEBA on 16 October 2009 | Download | Comment on this

  2. Climate costs: The global picture

    A British government report says global warming could have a disastrous effect on the world's economy, shrinking it by 20%.

    from BBC on 21 October 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  3. NHS Devon Corporate Sustainability Plan with Action Plan for 2007/08

    The development of a Devon Primary Care Trust Corporate Sustainability Plan was initiated in November 2007 as our local response to the ‘Taking the temperature towards an NHS response to global warming’ (The NHS Confederation, 2007) report which identified key challenges for the NHS. A Corporate Sustainability Task Group was established in January 2008, chaired by Dr Virginia Pearson, Director of Public Health. This group has taken account of an increasing number of reports and documents relating to how NHS organisations address the sustainable development agenda and produced an action plan. This is a two-phase process, with the Corporate Sustainability Plan addressing many of the sustainable energy issues. The focus of the second phase will be the wider elements of a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy.

    from SHEBA on 02 July 2008 | Download | Comment on this

  4. Is Renewable Energy the Biggest Threat to Land Conservation?

    I'm a conservationist. I was a conservationist before I was an EcoGeek. There is very little land on earth left in a sem-natural state, and I believe that we should keep as much of that land as natural as possible forever. Unfortunately, that belief does sometimes collide with my belief that we need to increase renewable energy production as fast as possible. The Nature Conservancy estimates that renewable energy will occupy some 73,000 square miles of land by 2030, meaning that renewable energy could be the biggest threat to land conservation in America. The only thing that comes even close is real estate development.

    from EcoGeek on 20 October 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  5. Will Day becomes Sustainable Development Commission Chair

    Read Will's thoughts on his new role and championing sustainable development in government.

    from Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) on 20 October 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this