Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Cardiff:

Company Profile

Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust is the largest in Wales and the third largest in the UK. With an annual operating budget of around £580 million, it employs 12,000 staff, and provides integrated healthcare services from 9 hospitals and community care premises in Cardiff and the Eastern Vale of Glamorgan. It serves a population of over 500,000. The environmental impact and sustainability issues facing the Trust are both significant and challenging. The Trust has a tremendous impact in terms of its social, economic and environmental responsibilities, and the way it operates, whose effects have to be responsibly managed and ameliorated.

Achievements

• ISO 14001 for all activities
• Sustainable Waste Strategy; approx 178 tonnes of waste recycled annually
• Sustainable Travel Plan  
• Staff Energy Awareness Campaign - energy saving of 2,500 GJ, 390 Tonnes of CO₂ and £40k per annum

Future Plans

• Incorporate sustainability into all business activities
• Expand and improve waste minimisation and recycling facilities
• Continual improvement - specific objectives, targets and management actions, with assigned responsibilities and timescales for delivery.