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Leading a sustainable transformation in healthcare

Leading the way toward a healthier and more sustainable future

CSH is an independent non-profit leading sustainable transformation in health systems. We offer strategic input to healthcare organisations through a variety of bespoke services and initiatives and provide education and guidance for healthcare professionals. We also undertake groundbreaking research projects that will improve the sustainability of the healthcare sector worldwide. 


Latest Articles

  • Sustainability Series: Green Space and Health

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  • We’re launching the Sustainability Series!

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  • Improving Eye Health and Integrating Sustainability

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  • Health and Climate Change Scientific Symposium

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  • Green impact for Healthcare Toolkit (GIFH)

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  • A Day in the Life of an Education Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

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  • CSH@COP26 Day 3: Climate finance negotiations and health implications

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  • The Centre For Sustainable Healthcare Supports The Our People, Our Planet Virtual Conference

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  • World Environment Day 2023: Solutions for healthcare plastic pollution

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  • NHS England calls for routine assessment of the environmental impact of innovative technologies

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We offer a wide range of training courses to equip healthcare teams with the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to embed sustainable approaches in their practice.

We offer a range of professional services to healthcare organisations, from consultations on how to integrate net zero legislation into policy to our carbon footprinting services.

Our experts specialise in working to transform clinical practice alongside partners in healthcare systems, ensuring our programmes truly embed sustainable healthcare into practice.  

We collaborate with some of the world’s most renowned healthcare organisations and services on groundbreaking projects and research to transform healthcare for a sustainable future.  


Current Projects

  • Green Nursing Challenge 2025

    The Green Nursing Challenge is a CSH led project to support nurses to lead on sustainable healthcare initiatives and implement improvements to patient care with additional benefits of reducing costs and carbon emissions.   The Green Nursing Challenge has been fully funded by Microtech UK and is working in partnership with the Queens Nursing Institute […]

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  • Green Maternity Challenge 2024

    Six clinical teams will receive training and mentoring from CSH to develop, plan, run, and measure projects to improve sustainability and equity in the maternity care pathway

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  • NHS green space area through CSH supported teams

    NHS Forest Trees

    As part of our Green Team’s flagship NHS Forest project, NHS Forest Trees offer fully funded tree bundles for NHS sites in England.

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  • Nature recovery rangers helping at an NHS Green space site

    Nature Recovery Rangers

    Our Nature Recovery Rangers work with NHS partners at healthcare sites to improve the quality of green spaces.

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  • NHS Forest trees

    NHS Forest

    NHS Forest is dedicated to transforming the green spaces of healthcare sites for health, wellbeing and biodiversity.

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  • Green Maternity Challenge

    The challenge will focus on identified target areas for reducing environmental harm and health inequalities in maternity services.

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  • Nursing Insights Project

    The Nursing and Midwifery Insights Survey aims to identify carbon reducing actions and behaviours for clinical nurses and midwives.

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  • Maternity Care Project

    This year-long SBRI project aims to engage the multi-disciplinary maternity community and bring them together to discuss how the findings can influence future maternity care 

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  • Mapping the living kidney donor pathway project

    This short project will map and investigate the carbon impacts of the donor pathway, and variations within it.

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  • KitNewCare – transforming kidney care across europe

    CSH is a partner in a new project to make kidney care more sustainable as part of the European Union’s key funding programme for Innovation and research to tackle climate change

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As a charity we rely on your donations to continue to provide our groundbreaking programmes, projects and research. If you would like to help please donate here. 

Much of our work has been developed by committed volunteers from around the world.  Our Sustainable Healthcare Placements offer training in exchange for help with our range of projects.

Would you like to support CSH to have an even greater impact as a global charity or support one of our many groundbreaking healthcare projects? Please find out more here. 

The Sustainability in QI (SusQI) framework offers a holistic approach to improving healthcare, viewing all improvements and change processes through the sustainable value lens. To support organisations and healthcare staff to incorporate this approach, CSH offers strategic input and project support, short courses in Sustainability in Quality Improvement and open access SusQI resource.

The Networks Community is an internationally respected online platform for all those interested in making healthcare sustainable. Our community is open to everyone, including healthcare professionals, patients, administrators, researchers, students and more. By joining our Networks you will have access to a wealth of resources and opportunities to connect with others working in the field.  

Our Green Space for Health team inspires and supports healthcare sites in transforming their green space for health, wellbeing and biodiversity. We believe that a nature- positive health service is vital for building healthier and more sustainable communities, and nature-based solutions are critical for tackling climate change. Our flagship NHS Forest project helps sites to plan, plant and manage trees, woodlands and green spaces to create habitats for wildlife and sustainable social spaces for people.

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is a global non profit at the forefront of transforming the healthcare system with sustainability and equity at its core, and your support will help us in that mission.  Make a donation to support us in our mission.