NHS Sustainable Development Unit

NHS Sustainable Development Unit

Agency overview
Formed	2008
Jurisdiction	England
Headquarters	Cambridge, England
Minister responsible	Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Health
Agency executives	David Pencheon, Director Sonia Roschnik, Operational Director
Website	www.sdu.nhs.uk

NHS Sustainable Development Unit' is a British Government Agency with a mission to promote sustainable development for the National Health Service. The NHS was the first major organisation to measure its Scope 3 Supply Chain Carbon Emissions in 2008 and recognise that it was impossible to achieve its carbon reduction targets with out a significant reduction in supply chain emissions. This resulted in the creation of the Procure for Carbon Reduction (P4CR) program, and more recently a carbon hot spot project to build up the Scope 3 supply chain carbon emissions from the 4 million individual products purchased by the NHS.

NHS SDU staff are based in Cambridge.

History

NHS SDU was set up in 2008 by the CEO of the NHS Sir David Nicholson.

Partners

NHS SDU has partnerships with the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Initiative.

Governance and funding

It was formed by the NHS in England under the auspices of the Office of the Strategic Health Authorities (OSHA). It is now hosted by NHS Midlands and East and its Chief Executive, Sir Neil McKay.

Projects

Projects include:

• Fit for the Future. The project explored the impacts of climate change on the UK National Health Service, made recommendations on creating a sustainable low-carbon healthcare system and presented scenarios for the future of healthcare which health professionals can use to test strategy. It was jointly produced with Forum for the future.

External links

• http://www.sdu.nhs.uk/