Actions for Healthcare Sustainability 101
About This Course
It is highly beneficial for individuals who play sustainability-related role to possess actionable knowledge and skillsets needed to make measurable advancement towards a green economy.
This one-day course introduces a holistic and deeper understanding of sustainability, in terms of the current global context and the essential measurement and management techniques that are critical for the green transition. The course is designed for the healthcare sector, and it will cover the relationships of each sustainability concept to the healthcare sector. The learning will be scaffolded over the course, and by the end, an ‘action plan’ for each learner will be shaped by consolidating and applying the learning through a project.
Upon successful completion of this course, learners should possess the knowledge and skillsets that allow them to start making measurable contribution to the green agenda. Learners will bring back a shared motivation, language and toolset for collaborative work.
What You'll Learn
1. Sustainability Introduction
o What is sustainability?
o What is the goal set by The United Nations (UN), Paris Agreement, and Singapore Green Plan (GP) 2030?
o The implications of 1.5 degrees Celsius warming
o What does sustainability mean to healthcare?
2. Sustainability Reporting
o Standards & Framework
o Processes
o Reporting requirements
o Examples
o What basic actions on reporting can be performed?
3. Sustainability Measurement
o GreenHouse Gas (GHG) Protocol & Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Overviews
o Measurements of waste, water, energy, biodiversity
o What basic actions on measurement can be performed?
4. Green Transition Management
o Net-zero emissions
o Road-mapping (what are organizations doing about it?)
o Sustainability solutioning - green procurement, waste management and others
o What basic actions on transition management can be performed?
5. Hands-on Game on: What actions can you as a healthcare professional and your organisation perform?
Entry Requirements
NIL