Procurement and Food

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  1. Mapping Greener Healthcare

    The NHS in the South East recognized the importance of sustainability in their South East Regional Health Strategy for 2008. As a result the two Regional Directors of Public Health, John Newton and Yvonne Doyle, commissioned the Campaign for Greener Healt

    by Ingeborg Steinbach on 29 May 2009 | Comment on this

  2. Healthy Futures #7: The NHS and Climate Change

    This publication is the seventh in a series that explores the NHS contribution to sustainable development. It looks at why and how NHS organisations can take serious action against climate change, drawing from examples of NHS trusts which have demonstrate

    from Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) on 29 May 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  3. Creating a greener NHS Supply Chain

    NHS Supply Chain’s sustainability manager, Sarah Ripley, explains the organisation's plan to makes its operations and products more sustainable and ethical

    from Public Service on 16 February 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  4. Cooking up a storm: Food, greenhouse gas emissions and our changing climate

    This report sets out what we know about the food system’s contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Taking a life cycle perspective, it looks at how these emissions arise, both by life cycle stage (from plough to plate to bin) and by food type. It

    from Food Climate Research Network on 28 May 2009 | Download | Comment on this

  5. The Carbon Addict

    It has come to the attention of the health profession that common usage patterns of carbon-based fuels bear all the hallmarks of a substance dependence syndrome. Once recognised as a medical condition, its enormous clinical impact is producing shock wave

    from Carbon Addict on 28 May 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this