Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Sectoral Guidance
Categories: Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems, Supply chains, Net zero health systems, GHG emissions baseline assessments, Action Plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Guidance document, Tools, Global
Publisher: Global Self-Care Federation
This Sectoral Guidance document is designed as a simplified sectoral guidance to supplement general GHG protocol guidance. It aims to assist self-care suppliers in developing a GHG reduction strategy by providing non-technical guidance, practical examples, and a consistent approach to calculating, establishing, and reporting GHG emissions over time. The document emphasizes the crucial role of suppliers in reducing the industry's GHG footprint throughout the self-care supply chain. It also outlines some considerations, practical approaches and actionable steps for companies to calculate and report their GHG footprint, set decarbonization targets, develop a decarbonization roadmap, and implement some "low hanging fruits" actions at different stages of the supply chain.
Intended users
- Suppliers of self-care products, including companies involved in the manufacturing, packaging, distribution and retail of medicines and other products. Most of this guidance can also be relevant to suppliers of the general health care industry.
- Administrators of health care organizations and entreprises working with suppliers, including product distributors and manufacturers.