October 3, 2024
Philips helps healthcare organizations around the world assess and reduce their environmental impact while delivering better care and better outcomes for more patients at a lower cost.
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has worked with customers around the world to assess and mitigate their carbon footprint, resulting in significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. (GHG) emissions reduction results announced. Improve patient care and customer operational efficiency. The main achievements are as follows.
Jackson Health System (USA): Expected 47% reduction in CO2e emissions by replacing traditional patient monitors. This includes 508 tonnes of CO2e savings over the equipment lifecycle and 177 tonnes of CO2e savings from battery and paper savings. Champalimaud Foundation (Portugal): Emissions 24% Aims to halve the carbon footprint of diagnostic and interventional imaging departments by 2028, with a reduction per exam in radiology and nuclear medicine departments . Rennes University Hospital (France): Energy savings and sustainable equipment upgrades identified opportunities to reduce the annual emissions of the cath lab through energy savings. Durham and Darlington County NHS Foundation Trust (UK): A sustainability blueprint developed for the trust's ICUs, with a focus on waste reduction and energy efficiency.
“Good healthcare must be environmentally sustainable, which means words and good intentions must be turned into positive action, quickly. Philips is driving measurable and impactful change. By collaborating with like-minded action leaders around the world and sharing our expertise in sustainable healthcare operations, we enhance patient care while , we are helping them take important, concrete steps towards a greener future,” said Robert Metzke. , Global Head of Sustainability at Philips.
Below are examples of projects based on a comprehensive “360-degree” Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of sustainability for hospital organizations and details on key findings (1).
Jackson Health System (Miami, Florida, USA)
Phillips conducted a retrospective lifecycle assessment of patient monitoring at three Jackson Health System hospitals. The results revealed that switching from a previous provider to the Philips monitoring platform could reduce carbon emissions from patient monitoring over a 10-year period. 47%. Data from an LCA evaluation showed that Philips IntelliVue and EarlyVue monitors can reduce a healthcare system's patient monitoring carbon footprint by 508 tonnes of CO2e across all aspects of their lifecycle. Battery and paper savings resulted in an additional 177.1 tonnes of CO2e reduction. This significant reduction also eliminates the need for an estimated 420,000 disposable AA batteries and 6.5 million sheets of paper, potentially saving the health system $1.2 million over the 10-year life of the device.
Champalimaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
In March 2023, Philips and the Champalimaud Foundation, a leader in translational biomedical research and clinical care, announced an agreement to halve the carbon footprint of Champalimaud's diagnostic and interventional imaging division by 2028. We have entered into a strategic partnership with We calculated a five-year period and implemented a renewal plan. Based on a comprehensive LCA, the baseline carbon footprint of the existing imaging equipment was 2,175 tonnes CO2e. The collaboration was able to reduce CO2e emissions per test by 24% in the first year, primarily by replacing EcoDesign equipment and implementing circular practices. Read the full case study here.
Rennes University Hospital (Rennes, France)
The project, part of a five-year technology, research and innovation partnership, aims to decarbonize and reduce the overall environmental impact of Rennes University Hospital's cath lab. Masu. There, Philips' image-guided therapy system (Azurion) is used to treat strokes and aneurysms. LCA of carbon emissions and other pollutants associated with Azurion and consumables used during intervention procedures, conducted in accordance with the latest European Union Product Environmental Footprint Guidelines, to improve laboratories through energy savings, circular upgrades, and refurbishments. identified opportunities to reduce annual emissions. The assessment also identified opportunities to reduce rare metal content in equipment and consumables. Read the full case study here.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (Darlington, UK)
Philips has partnered with County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) to identify a significant opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and material waste in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Darlington Memorial Hospital. Key areas highlighted by the team to enhance sustainable ICU care include optimizing patient discharge, reducing waste in the supply chain, and staff to foster knowledge sharing and a culture of sustainability. training, reducing energy and material waste associated with ICU equipment, and strategic building renovations. To reduce emissions. The results formed a blueprint to drive further change and improvement across the trust, in line with NHS England’s ambition to become the world’s first net-zero national health service by 2040. Read the full case study here.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, USA)
Phillips collaborated with leading sustainability experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on an LCA project to measure and reduce emissions associated with the entire radiology department. As a result, 10-year emissions from Vanderbilt's current diagnostic radiology department amount to 4,600 tons of CO2e, primarily related to lifecycle emissions from the MR imaging suite (48%) and CT imaging suite (24%). It became clear that it was. Key mitigation recommendations for radiology include accelerating digitization, embracing circularity, and transitioning to renewable energy procurement. Recommendations for health technology companies include designing for energy savings, applying circular design principles, and developing smart image storage.
Philips is driving sustainable and equitable healthcare
Philips recognizes the link between human health and environmental health, with healthcare systems responsible for more than 4% of global CO2 emissions (2) and bulk material use. As part of Philips' broader ESG initiatives, Philips is driving the transition to sustainable and equitable healthcare to deliver better care to more people. The company has been carbon neutral in its operations since 2020. All new product introductions are designed in line with the company's ecodesign requirements by 2025, with the aim of generating 25% of revenue from circular products and services by 2025. aims to improve the health and well-being of 2 billion people a year by 2025. Of these, 300 million are in underserved communities and 1 million are supply chain workers.
(1) The results of the case study do not predict the results of other cases.
– Jackson and Health System: LCA results are obtained using Philips Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L), proxy data, literature, and customer-acquired data. LCA is not externally validated by a third party.
– Fondation Champalimaud and Rennes CHU: LCA results are obtained using customer-acquired data including Philips environmental profit and loss (EP&L), proxy data, literature, and energy measurements. LCA is externally verified by a third party.
(2) EDGAR — Emissions database for Global Atmospheric Research Emissions Data and Maps 2018 http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
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