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Views sought on NHS Scotland's Climate Emergency and Sustainability Strategy

Published on: 10 November 2021
Published by LNB News

LNB News 10/11/2021

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Issue Date: 10 November 2021

Published Date: 10 November 2021

Jurisdiction(s): Scotland

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The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on the draft Climate Emergency and Sustainability Strategy 2022–2026 for NHS Scotland. The draft Strategy sets out the key aims for NHS Scotland to become a service that is socially and environmentally sustainable, and identifies five priority areas—sustainable buildings and land, sustainable travel, sustainable goods and services, sustainable care, and sustainable communities. The draft Strategy details actions that will be taken to accelerate the reduction of carbon emissions from buildings such as preparing and implementing net zero route maps to use renewable heat for all owned buildings by 2038, achieve net zero emissions for such buildings by 2040 or earlier, and using Property and Asset Management Strategies to support decarbonisation. Moreover, further action to be taken includes the management of risk from environmental harm with good environmental stewardship through implementing a comprehensive Environmental Management System, as well as putting the Land Rights and Responsibilities Protocol into practice regarding decisions about...

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