Sustainability

At ECCH we are committed to reducing our environmental impact and playing our part in helping the NHS with its aim to become the first net zero national health service by 2040.

To achieve our goals ECCH has developed a 3-year Green Plan. It looks at all elements of our business with a view to reducing our carbon footprint, particularly focusing on:

Buildings and materials
Areas of our supply chain such as medicines, medical equipment and catering
Travel, including patient and staff journeys
Waste

When procuring services from companies, we will endeavour to use local organisations which have their own green plan and environmental strategy in place.

ECCH gains Bronze Carbon Charter accreditation

ECCH has been awarded Bronze Level accreditation by Suffolk Carbon Charter which recognises businesses in Suffolk and Norfolk who are taking positive action towards Net Zero.

In order to meet the Bronze level requirements, companies must demonstrate that they have a working energy management policy, an environmental action plan and effective systems to measure and monitor their progress.

The Panel commended ECCH’s Green Plan and highlighted the solar panel and LED lighting installation and insulation upgrades in various buildings as positive achievements.

The accreditation also took into account other initiatives such as:

swapping ECCH’s energy supplier at Hamilton House and Rayner Green to renewable energy
recycling of old ICT equipment
replacing appointment letters with texts and emails