Pioneering hospitals take major steps towards decarbonizing healthcare with Philips
03 Ottobre 2024 - 11:15AM
UK Regulatory
Pioneering hospitals take major steps towards decarbonizing
healthcare with Philips
October 3, 2024
Philips helps healthcare organizations worldwide assess and
mitigate their environmental impact while enabling better care and
better care outcomes for more patients at lower cost
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today
announced significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction
results following collaboration with customers worldwide to assess
and mitigate their carbon footprints, while also enhancing patient
care and customer operational efficiency. Key achievements
include:
- Jackson
Health System (US): A 47% projected reduction in
CO2e emissions by replacing legacy patient monitors,
comprising 508-tons equipment lifecycle CO2e reduction
and 177 tonnes CO2e reduction due to battery and paper
savings.
- Champalimaud
Foundation (Portugal): 24% emissions reduction per exam in
its radiology and nuclear medicine department, with a goal to halve
the carbon footprint of its diagnostic and interventional imaging
departments by 2028.
- Rennes
University Hospital (France): Opportunities identified to
reduce annual emissions of the cath lab through energy savings and
sustainable equipment upgrades.
- County
Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (UK): A
sustainability blueprint developed for the trust’s ICU, focusing on
waste reduction and energy efficiency.
“Good healthcare has to be environmentally sustainable, which means
words and good intentions urgently need to be turned into positive
actions. Philips is committed to co-creating solutions that drive
measurable, impactful change. By working with like-minded action
leaders around the world, sharing with them our expertise in
sustainable healthcare operations, we are helping them to take
critical and tangible steps toward a greener future, while at the
same time enhancing patient care,” said Robert Metzke, Global Head
of Sustainability at Philips.
Examples of projects based on a comprehensive ‘360-degree’
holistic life cycle assessment (LCA) of a hospital organization’s
sustainability, together with more detail about key results [1]
include:
Jackson Health System (Miami, Florida, US)
Philips conducted a retrospective Life Cycle Assessment of patient
monitoring at 3 of Jackson Health System’s hospitals revealing that
by switching to the Philips monitoring platform from their previous
provider, over a 10-year period, they may be able to reduce carbon
emission from patient monitoring by 47%. Data from the LCA
assessment indicated that the Philips IntelliVue and EarlyVue
monitors can help reduce the health system’s patient monitoring
carbon footprint by 508 tons of CO2e across all facets of the
lifecycle. Battery and paper savings reduced CO2e by an additional
177.1 tons. This significant reduction also eliminates the
need for an estimated 420,000 disposable AA batteries and 6.5
million sheets of paper, which can allow the health system to save
$1.2 million over a 10-year device lifetime.
Champalimaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
In March 2023, Philips and Champalimaud Foundation, a leader in
translational biomedical research and clinical care, entered into a
strategic partnership aimed at halving the carbon footprint of
Champalimaud’s diagnostic and interventional imaging departments by
2028. Potential reductions associated with equipment replacement
and usage over the 5-year period were calculated and a replacement
plan put into action. Based on a comprehensive LCA, the baseline
carbon footprint of the existing imaging equipment was 2,175 tonnes
CO2e. The collaboration achieved a 24% reduction in
CO2e emissions per exam in the first year, primarily
through EcoDesign equipment replacement and incorporating circular
practices. Read the full case study here.
Rennes University Hospital (Rennes, France)
Part of a five-year technology, research, and innovation
partnership, this project aimed to decarbonize and reduce the
overall environmental impact of Rennes University Hospital’s
catheterization laboratory (cath lab), in which a Philips Image
Guided Therapy System – Azurion – is used to treat strokes and
aneurysms. Conducted in accordance with the latest European Union
Product Environmental Footprint guidelines, a LCA of the carbon
footprint and other pollutants associated with Azurion and the
consumables used during interventional procedures revealed
opportunities to reduce the lab’s annual emissions through energy
savings, circular upgrades, and refurbishment. The assessment also
identified opportunities to reduce the rare metal content of
equipment and consumables. Read the full case study here.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
(Darlington, UK)
Philips partnered with County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation
Trust (CDDFT) to identify key opportunities to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and materials waste in the intensive care unit (ICU)
at Darlington Memorial Hospital. Key areas highlighted by the team
for enhancing sustainable ICU care included patient discharge
optimization, waste reduction in the supply chain, staff training
to encourage knowledge sharing and a sustainability culture, energy
reduction and materials waste associated with ICU equipment, and
the strategic refurbishment of buildings to reduce their emissions.
The results formed a blueprint to drive further change and
improvement across the Trust, in line with the UK NHS’s target of
being the world’s first net zero national health service by 2040.
Read the full case study here.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville,
US)
In collaboration with leading sustainability experts at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center, Philips collaborated in a LCA project to
measure and mitigate emissions associated with an entire radiology
department. The results revealed that 10-year emissions from
Vanderbilt’s current diagnostic radiology unit amounted to 4,600
tonnes CO2e, primarily associated with lifecycle
emissions from its MR imaging suite (48%) and CT imaging suite
(24%). Key mitigation recommendations for radiology departments
included accelerating digitization, embracing circularity, and
transitioning to renewable energy sourcing. Recommendations for
health technology companies included designing for energy
reduction, applying circular design principles, and developing
smart image storage.
Philips is driving sustainable and equitable
healthcare
Philips recognizes the link between human and environmental health,
with healthcare systems responsible for over 4% of global CO2
emissions [2] and significant materials usage. As part of Philips’
broader ESG commitments, Philips is driving the transition towards
sustainable and equitable healthcare to deliver better care for
more people. The company has been carbon neutral in its own
operations since 2020. All new product introductions are designed
in line with the company’s EcoDesign requirements by 2025, and it
aims to generate 25% of its revenue from circular products and
services by 2025. Societally, it aims to improve the health and
well-being of 2 billion people per year by 2025, including 300
million people in underserved communities, and 1 million workers in
its supply chain.
[1] Results from case studies are not predictive of results in
other cases.
- Jackson and Health System: The LCA results are obtained using
Philips Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L), proxy
data, literature and customer obtained data. The LCA is not
validated externally by 3rd party.
- Champalimaud Foundation and Rennes CHU: The LCA results are
obtained using Philips Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L),
proxy data, literature and customer obtained data including
energy measurements. The LCAs are validated externally by
3rd party.
[2] EDGAR—Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research
Emissions Data and Maps 2018 http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
For further information, please contact:
Joost Maltha
Philips External Relations
Tel: +31 6 10 55 8116
Email: joost.maltha@philips.com
About Royal Philips
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health
technology company focused on improving people's health and
well-being through meaningful innovation. Philips’ patient- and
people-centric innovation leverages advanced technology and deep
clinical and consumer insights to deliver personal health solutions
for consumers and professional health solutions for healthcare
providers and their patients in the hospital and the home.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in
diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, image-guided therapy, monitoring,
and enterprise informatics, as well as in personal health. Philips
generated 2023 sales of EUR 18.2 billion and employs approximately
69,700 employees with sales and services in more than 100
countries. News about Philips can be found at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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