COMMITMENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT: CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE HEALTH SECTOR

At Additum, we maintain a strong commitment to the alignment of health care and management processes that represent a significant improvement in the efficiency and sustainability of the sector and the reduction of its impact on the environment.

For this reason, we support Health Services, Hospitals, Health Technology Companies, Clinical Units and others with the aim of leading a transition towards more sustainable and truly transformative circular economy models in the health sector.

Climate footprint of the health sector

The health sector has a significant climate footprint and is a major contributor to the climate crisis, which is fast becoming a global health emergency.

The health sector, whose mission is to protect and promote health, is one of the main responsible for the climate crisis.

The climate footprint of the health sector is equivalent to 4.4% of net global emissions (2 Gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent).

The global climate footprint of the health sector is equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 514 coal-fired power plants.

If the health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet.

The three largest emitters – the US, China and the EU countries combined – account for more than half of the health sector’s climate footprint (56%) globally.

The health sector of each country directly and indirectly releases greenhouse gases by providing its services and by acquiring products, services and technologies in a carbon-intensive supply chain.

Emissions emanating directly from establishments constitute 17% of the global footprint of the sector.

Indirect emissions from purchased energy sources such as electricity, steam, cooling, and heating account for another 12%.

Most of the emissions, 71%, correspond to the supply chain of the health sector. That is, from the production, transport, use and disposal of goods and services that the sector consumes, such as pharmaceuticals and other chemical substances, food and agricultural products, medical devices, hospital equipment and instruments.

From theory to practice. Additum’s sustainability proposal

As Sustainability Providers for the Health sector (Hospitals / Services / Health Systems / Health Technology Industry) we propose an Initiative that can be developed in different phases.

This way, we ensure the practical execution of actions with an important transformative component, anticipating future regulations and making Hospitals and Health Systems agents aligned with the circular economy and the sustainability of the planet.

DEVELOPMENT OF SOLUTIONS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE THE CLIMATE FOOTPRINT OF THE HEALTH SECTOR

From Additum we will accompany the centers to comply with and contribute to the commitments and actions for climate-smart health care. We will work in the search for new solutions and opportunities with the aim of implementing actions to:

  • Reduce the climate footprint of the health sector.
  • Support the transition of society to clean and renewable energies.
  • Plan the change towards zero-emission health care by 2050: a coherent global roadmap that allows identifying the key paths to follow, establishing deadlines and frameworks for action, data management being essential.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ESG CONCEPT

ESG is the acronym for: Environment, Social and Governance, which summarizes the three pillars or criteria on which organizations/companies can incorporate concepts of sustainability into their businesses (environmental, social and corporate sustainability).

The ESG concept arises from the need to adapt corporate strategies to ensure that organizations are sustainable over time and that they respond appropriately to the dramatic changes that we are experiencing on our planet, achieving environmental and social objectives. At the heart of the ESG criteria is the simple idea that companies/organizations are more likely to be successful and generate excellent returns if they create value for all their stakeholders – employees, customers, suppliers and society in general; including the environment—and not just for the organization.

In this sense, the Health Sector should not be oblivious to it, and with the aim of aligning Health Systems with the implementation and adoption of ESG criteria, from Additum we will carry out training at the highest level (in which there will be other professionals with the presence of Cristina Dolan – MIT Enterprise Forum of New York), through which we will provide health managers with knowledge and tools that will make it easier for them to incorporate ESG criteria into the DNA of their Hospital, organization or company.

TRANSPARENCY IN ESG AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY:
CAPTURING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH DATA

Our founding partner Cristina Dolan together with Diana Barrero have just published the book “Transparency in ESG and the Circular Economy: Capturing Opportunities Through Data”, in which they capture the history and evolution of the ESG concept and highlight that sustainable investment is one that adds financial criteria, environmental, social and good governance concerns.

This model is applicable to all sectors, including the Health sector, so that both healthcare technology companies and the systems and hospitals themselves have to adapt to meet ESG criteria.

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