Corporate Citizenship

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Corporate Citizenship

• Theres hardly a boardroom in the land that
  hasnt at least discussed corporate citizenship
  and cutting its carbon footprint in the last
  twelve months
• Institute of Directors December 2006

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National drivers

• Choosing Health white paper
• Securing the future delivering UK sustainable
  development strategy March 2005
• KYOTO agreement and subsequent targets for
  reducing carbon emissions
• NHS energy reduction target 15 by 2010
• Corporate responsibility
• Reputation management
• Risk management

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National Statistics CO2 Emissions

• UK carbon footprint 659m tonnes CO2
• UK food industry 111m tonnes CO2
• Tesco 2.25m tonnes of CO2
• Madonna Confessions tour 2006 440 tonnes of CO2
• Average UK household 6-7 tonnes of CO2 per year
• www.carbonfootprint.com

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NHS Statistics

• Travel to and from the NHS accounts for 4 of all
  travel in the UK
• Every 20 minutes the NHS uses 46,000 paper towels
• 10 of all domestic UK waste is generated by the
  NHS
• NHS energy use produces 3.5m tonnes of CO2

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The Royals Statistics

• 689,697 miles undertaken on hospital business
• Cost of business miles 252,235 per annum
• Taxi miles undertaken on business 36,000 per
  annum
• Cost of taxis 40,000 per annum
• Electricity 772,257 per annum
• Coal 328,405 per annum
• Gas 66,547 per annum
• Water 76,865 per annum

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Recycling at the Royal

• 2 tonnes of paper per month
• 6 tonnes of cardboard per month
• 2.5 tonnes of metals
• 2 full drums of batteries per month
• 1,000 items of electrical waste in 12 months
• Plans for better recycling of plastics, glass and
  drinks cans.

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Good Corporate Citizenship Assessment Model

• NHS developed model covers six areas
• Transport
• Procurement
• Facilities management
• Employment and skills
• Community engagement
• New buildings
• Self scoring mechanism from 0 to 9
• Moves from basic through getting there to
  excellence

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Summary of Scores
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So What Have We Done So Far?

• The Board has established a Corporate Citizenship
  Committee to drive the whole agenda forward.
  This is the first joint Board of Directors and
  Council of Governors sub committee at the trust.
• We have signed up to phase three of the Carbon
  Trust Programme.
• In a partnership with the East Midlands Food and
  Drink Forum we held an event at Clay Cross
  Business park to meet potential local suppliers
  of produce for the Café _at_ the Royal.

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So What Have We Done So Far?

• We are now signing up local suppliers for the
  Café _at_ the Royal.
• Through a partnership with Polar Glass we are
  replacing all of our windows on-site which so far
  has reduced CO2 emissions by more than 50 tonnes
  a year or fourteen kettles being switched on
  permanently 365 days a year.
• We have appointed an Energy Manager to help
  reduce energy usage

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So What Have We Done So Far?

• Through the capital programme we have invested in
  replacing our building management system to
  better control our heating and ventilation.
• We have created an improved waste compound which
  both meets legal requirements and has enabled us
  to begin to increase our recycling opportunities.
• We have successfully bid for Department of health
  energy fund monies to replace our remaining
  boilers.

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So What Have We Done So Far?

• We have produced a green travel plan and
  undertaken a travel survey of our staff. We are
  now taking forward actions arising from the
  questionnaire.
• Active engagement with local communities and
  organisations such as CHART, and sign up to the
  East Midlands pledge on carbon management.

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The Future

• Harnessing the ideas and support from staff,
  members, patients, visitors and the whole
  community.
• Not just about meeting government targets but
  about long term improvements for the hospital and
  our community.
• Review specific areas such as waste packaging,
  food and transport miles, energy usage.
• Successfully deliver our pledge as part of the
  Carbon Reduction Programme

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