- Decarbonisation and environmental sustainability challenges.
- Projected climate change trends (flooding, extreme temperatures, extreme weather events).
- Need to improve comprehensiveness and accuracy of greenhouse gas emission reporting.
- Addressing emissions from supply chain, staff commuting, and patient/visitor travel.
- Shifting scope and boundary of emissions reporting.
NHS Forth Valley
Greenhouse gas emissions & sustainability report data
Figures are as stated in the company's own report and may use different boundaries, units or methods (for example market-based vs location-based Scope 2), so compare with care.
📈 Emissions by Report Period
| Report period | Headline emissions figure reported |
|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | 20.8K tCO2e/year (2023/24) |
| 2022-23 | 20.7K tCO2e/year |
Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.
✅ Reported Environmental Achievements
- Reduced overall carbon footprint from reportable emissions by 36% from the 2014/15 baseline.
- Significant investment to improve energy performance of Forth Valley Royal Hospital and Primary Care Estate buildings.
- Green Theatres Project reduced environmental impacts of surgery and use of anaesthetic gases and inhaler propellants.
- Over 35% of fleet vehicles are now EVs.
🎯 Climate & Sustainability Targets
🔜 Short-term
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% by 2023/24 (MDI inhalers)
- Reduce MDI-associated CO2e emissions by 20% by 2023/24
- Decommission nitrous manifold by July 2023
- Roll out additional cardboard reuse opportunities to Theatres by March 2024
- Send no biodegradable waste to landfill by 2025
📅 Medium-term
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from NHS Forth Valley activities by at least 75% by 2030.
- Achieve six out of seven ‘Bundle A’ targets set by the NGTP by 2026
- Shift 10% of all outpatient appointments to virtual by 2025/26
- Reduce the distance staff travel by car by 20% by 2030
- Use renewable heating systems in all owned buildings by 2038
🔭 Long-term
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from NHS Forth Valley activities to net-zero by 2040.
🌱 ESG Focus Areas
Climate ChangeBiodiversitySustainable HealthcareCommunity EngagementSustainable ProcurementWaste ReductionEnergy EfficiencySustainable Transportation