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3 calculate your footprint

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Knowing where your carbon is emitted in your practice is the first step to managing it. And there is a really easy way to find out - that's free! It doesn't measure the impact of pharmaceuticals, but it shows you what your carbon impact is in terms of energy use, building use, travel and all non-clinical activities.

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88% of respondants to our 2024 survey agree or strongly agree that

"it is important to me that my employer takes action to reduce its carbon and ecological impact for our patients' wellbeing, not just because of our responsibilities within our NHS Net Zero plan."

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And almost 30% of all Cornish practices are now engaged in understanding and managing their carbon footprint.

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"I  attended the Net Zero Clinical Care conference and would love to sign up to your newsletter! My team were super impressed with the work happening in Cornwall. I think we were lucky enough to meet some of your team at our Trust at an event earlier this year.”

North Bristol NHS Trust

Non-clinical carbon calculator

Dr Matt Sawyer, another fabulous Greener Practice Network member, has developed a free calculation tool for any practice to use. It's a great baseline tool to work up from ...

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Carbon Positive Award 2024

Our wee Climate Resilience Team was awarded the Carbon Positive Winner award at the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Sustainability Awards in December 2024. Nice one!

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Cornwall Primary Care

Climate and Health Resilience Programme is run by Volunteer Cornwall

The programme is currently funded by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICB up to March 2026, with support from  Cornwall Council Public Health Team

Cornwall Primary Care Climate and Health Resilience Programme is run by Volunteer Cornwall

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