Climate change and healthcare are intrinsically linked. The healthcare sector is on the front line of climate impacts — and is a significant contributor to emissions, being responsible for approximately 4.4% of global net greenhouse gas emissions. To meet ambitious net zero targets while improving public health and reducing inequalities, healthcare systems must build capacity, embed sustainability into their operations, and upskill their workforce with the green skills needed for a low-carbon future.
Supporting sustainable healthcare means equipping staff with the skills to lead and deliver low-carbon care, creating systems and structures that enable lasting change, supporting behaviour change among professionals and patients alike, investing in innovation and low-carbon solutions that improve health outcomes, and helping the sector move from awareness to action.
At ISEP we support healthcare organisations in leading this transition. Our corporate partnerships offer a platform to collaborate, share best practice, and access the latest thinking on embedding sustainability across leadership, governance, systems, and careers.
We work with healthcare partners to build internal capability – supporting workforce development, systems change, and leadership for net zero. Our aim is to empower organisations to integrate environmental sustainability into core operational delivery.
ISEP members and partners across the healthcare sector are embedding net zero goals into leadership and governance structures, designing and delivering education and training on climate change and health, creating low-carbon research and care models, and developing sustainability roles and career pathways within their workforce.
Partnership means more than just access—it means being part of a community. Our members collaborate, share resources, and inspire one another with the art of the possible. Through ISEP’s network, your organisation can connect with leaders in green skills development, join sector-specific forums and networks, and influence future training and policy initiatives.
The NHS has committed to becoming the world’s first net zero national health service, with ambitious targets.
Yet 98% of their emissions are Scope 3, outside their direct control. So NHS Supply Chain has to influence stakeholders across our value chain to achieve collective carbon reduction goals.
NHS Supply Chain launched their Sustainability Champions Group in 2024 — a grassroots initiative designed to foster a culture of sustainability from within.
Sustainability and environment professionals face significant challenges in navigating increasingly complex reporting requirements – having to interpret evolving regulatory frameworks while also guiding others to integrate sustainability into everyday operations.
Developed in partnership with NHS Supply Chain and ABHI, this ‘Guidance for Reporting Requirements’ is a simple snapshot of current reporting requirements. It is designed to help you understand and align with existing regulatory obligations, without adding unnecessary complexity.
ISEP, Nature Positive, an RSK Group company created a report to set-out the sustainability risks and challenges faced by the NHS and to offer some practical guidance for Non Executive Directors (NEDs) on how sustainability could be incorporated into their role to support, encourage, and challenge sustainability within their Trust/Healthboard.
“[The ISEP] blueprint has enabled us to turn the complexity of Scope 3 into clear, actionable pathways by aligning workforce transformation with our sustainability priorities—empowering professionals to drive change internally across functions and externally throughout every tier of the value chain, through data, collaboration, and capability.”
This paper aims to support practitioners seeking to navigate this complexity and develop robust product carbon footprints
(PCFs) to enable organisations to make decisions and choices that cut emissions.
This paper is aimed at practitioners who are looking to conduct PCFs. It demystifies the process – providing practitioners with an understanding of the standards and guidance that inform PCFs, introducing and explaining key terminology and concepts, and highlighting some of the common challenges and hurdles facing those conducting PCFs.
This paper sets out the case for environmental management as the bedrock of sustainability and a core asset of high value in effective organisation administration. An environmental management system can be used to manage environmental risks effectively and maximise opportunities to achieve long-term prosperity.
This guide is for non-environmental/sustainability senior executives and managers to support their understanding of the value and benefit of a good environmental management system. This paper provides an overview of what an environmental management system is, how it can benefit organisations, how it fits into other management systems across organisations, and the value that environmental management can bring to operations.
Among the key factors to be considered when undertaking an Environmental Impact Assessment is the effect of a potential project on population, human health, and risks to human health. This guide unpacks the role of competent experts in conducting Impact Assessments.
Procurement is one of the most important, but quite often also one of the most overlooked, phases in the lifecycle of the materials, products and services we use.
The outcomes from circular procurement activities can have a substantial and lasting influence on the way in which we manufacture and use goods and services, and how we facilitate a more efficient and ‘closed loop’ flow of resources within the economy.
This guide from the ISEP Circular Economy Network has been prepared to help equip sustainability and procurement practitioners and teams, as well as organisations’ value chains, to transition towards the circular economy.
Environmental sustainability in healthcare requires more than good intentions— it demands leadership, resources, and a commitment to continuous learning. By becoming an ISEP corporate partner, your organisation will help shape the conversation on sustainable healthcare, gain visibility as a leader in green skills and net zero delivery, access training, guidance, and tools, and join a growing network that is driving change across the sector.
ISEP’s Corporate Partnership Programme supports organisations in meeting sustainability goals and navigating regulatory obligations. By joining, you’ll gain access to tailored advice, industry-leading resources, and collaborative initiatives that help drive compliance and create lasting impact.
