We\u2019re delighted to have received a prestigious environmental award following an eco-friendly campaign to cut emissions, waste and costs.<\/p>\n
The team here at Kentdale has recently celebrated a bronze award from Investors in the Environment after a concerted sustainability push.<\/p>\n
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Investors in the Environment (iiE) is a national environmental accreditation scheme designed to help organisations reduce their impact on the environment.<\/p>\n
RVN and sustainability lead Kirsty Powell has spearheaded our sustainability push and said: \u201cThe experience has been very eye-opening, and I could not be prouder of my team of eco-warriors!<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether, we have implemented incredible changes, and I\u2019m lucky to work with like-minded colleagues.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really has been a team effort and a fantastic commitment to create and implement an eco-friendly policy to reduce our environmental impact.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of our first green initiatives was the introduction of reusable scrub hats for all operating theatre staff, saving around 1,600 disposable hats a year from becoming medical waste.<\/p>\n
We even secured the hats from a supplier that donates part of its income from each order to designated charities!<\/p>\n
Other key projects that saw us achieve our bronze award include eradicating the use of nitrous oxide throughout the hospital and removing plastic trays and bowls from surgical packs.<\/p>\n
Sharon Murtagh, hospital director, said: \u201cThe team at Kentdale recognises that businesses influence the environment in many ways, and that\u2019s why we are committed to the constant improvement of our environmental performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud to be working with iiE, and achieving this bronze status is a great reward for the team\u2019s combined efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now already looking at new ways to make further improvements to build on this award and achieve the iiE\u2019s silver award.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Investors in the Environment annual audit consists of assessing five key areas of an organisation\u2019s Environmental Management System (EMS). These include:<\/p>\n
We\u2019re delighted to have received a prestigious environmental award following an eco-friendly campaign to cut emissions, waste and costs. The team here at Kentdale has recently celebrated a bronze award from Investors in the Environment after a concerted sustainability push.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t