Sunday 17 August 2008

NHS top 10

  1. 18 millions tonnes of CO2 per year
  2. 22% carbon footprint from heating, hotwater and energy use
  3. 60% carbon footprint from procurement
  4. 18% carbon footprint from travel (staff and patient)
  5. Responsible for 30% of all public sector emissions in England (world's largest public sector emitter of Carbon)
  6. Responsible for 3.2% of all carbon produced in England
  7. 1.3 million employees (world's third largest employer)
  8. Contact with 1 million patients every 36 hours
  9. If the NHS was a country it would be 30th in the world
  10. Need to reduce carbon by 60% by 2050

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