- People’s health and the health of the planet are intrinsically linked, which is why sustainability is core to Bupa’s strategy and purpose.
- Bupa joins the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, the collaboration led by the public-private healthcare sector to drive sustainable healthcare and business transformation.
Bupa, the international healthcare company, is proud to announce that it has joined the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, a public-private healthcare collaboration, which has been established to drive sustainable healthcare and business transformation.
This partnership underpins Bupa’s ambition to become a net zero company by 2040 across its global healthcare operations and value chain. Working and learning through this partnership will help Bupa to make transformational progress this decade towards its net zero ambition.
Bupa’s Chief Sustainability and People Officer, Nigel Sullivan, said: “We have decided to partner with the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition to accelerate the progress needed to meet our ambition to become a net zero business by 2040.
We know we cannot secure a sustainable future alone. This means learning from each other, piloting new ideas, sharing insights and innovations openly. We must then ensure this knowledge is embedded in our organisations to provide and accelerate innovative and sustainable healthcare.”
Sustainable Healthcare Coalition Chair, Dr Fiona Adshead, commented: “Like all our members and partners, Bupa understands that using the power of increased collaborative action is in the interest of all in the healthcare sector to gain a better understanding of what is good for business and the healthcare system, good for the environment and health, and good for our common future.”
Enquiries
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About the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition
- The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition is a healthcare sector led group that looks for the greatest opportunities to inspire sustainable practices in healthcare through the collaboration of its members; working to bring together key global players in the healthcare sector to inspire sustainable practices in digital healthcare, circularity and scope 3 methodologies.
- Focusing on key obstacles, the collaboration shares data and insights, and develops best-practice guidance for use in healthcare systems and their supply chain partners. The collaboration learns through evaluation and promotes stories of impact, designed to inform and inspire global health systems to make the transition to sustainability.
- Members include AstraZeneca, NHS, Johnson & Johnson. For more information, visit: https://shcoalition.org
About Bupa
- Bupa's purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
- We are an international healthcare company serving over 38 million customers worldwide. With no shareholders, we reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.
- We directly employ around 84,000 people, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, the US, Middle East and Ireland. We also have associate businesses in Saudi Arabia and India.
- Bupa is committed to become a net zero business by 2040 across its global healthcare operations and value chain. As a first step to achieving net zero emissions, Bupa has set science-based targets which are aligned to keep global warming to no more than 1.5°C. These targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and they will ensure that Bupa makes transformational progress this decade.
