SUSTAINABILITY
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not going to be easy, and every department will have a key role to play; Estates departments will not be able to do this on their own.
“It was interesting to note that 30% of Trusts did say that a special team had been created to drive sustainability. This is really encouraging, and we would recommend this approach to tackle decarbonisation. The team should comprise personnel from across a range of departments and different disciplines within the Trust.
“Of concern was that not a single respondent said that the ‘key stakeholders’ within their organisation were driving sustainability in their Trust.”
10: What do you believe are the main barriers currently in place to achieving net zero carbon within NHS Trusts? “Unsurprisingly,” commented Beth Goodwin, “85% of respondents to this survey question stated that funding was
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the main barrier. We know that 59% of buildings across the NHS estate were built pre-1994, and will require investment either to reshape them, or to develop new buildings. The decarbonisation of heat will be one of the biggest (and most expensive) challenges for Trusts, which is why having a heat decarbonisation plan in place is of great importance. Fifty-four per cent of respondents stated that COVID-19 had been one of the barriers, which, again, is unsurprising and understandable given the extreme pressures the NHS has faced over the past 12 months during the pandemic. A ‘lack of key stakeholder buy-in’ was cited by 46%. As previously stated, we cannot emphasise enough the need for Board- level support for Green Plans and all major sustainability initiatives to succeed; getting to a position where all departments are working in alignment on the sustainability agenda is far more likely if the message is coming from the top.”
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Inenco Senior Account manager, Beth Goodwin, said: “The clock is already ticking towards 2040.”
11: Which of the below best describes your job function?
The survey results revealed that the vast majority of respondents work in either a Trust Estates Department (38.46%) or in a ‘sustainability’ role (30.77%).
12: Which of the below best describes your role?
Here the highest number of respondents – at 61.54% – were personnel employed in managerial roles, with Director-level staff (23.08%) the next largest category.
Pandemic’s impact felt
Beth Goodwin said of the overall results: “The survey would suggest that – as laudable as the 2040 objective is – its announcement at the height of the pandemic, with the NHS under unprecedented pressures, has almost inevitably resulted in a slow start to implementing meaningful action in many Trusts. The responses received suggest that nearly half do not yet have an overarching plan to achieve the 2040 target, or even the mandated, more short- term, Green Plan in place. Many Trusts also appear to lack the baseline data to understand their current carbon footprint, and are thus inevitably falling victim to the old adage of ‘You cannot manage what you can’t measure’.
“Although the distractions of the last year are understandable,” she continued, “the clock is already ticking towards 2040 – and the lack of Board engagement on the sustainability agenda within many NHS Trusts demonstrated by the survey results, plus the issues highlighted as regards attracting the necessary funding, should perhaps act as a timely wake-up call about the need to refocus efforts as the systemic strain associated with the pandemic starts to abate.”
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