By 2021, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions will be a global, European and French commitment.
Healthcare is playing its part, and C2DS has launched a decarbonization campaign: hospitals act for the climate!
Biophilic architecture at Singapore's Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
The KTPH building has won many awards for its biophilic design. The term "biophilic" implies a visual field that combines buildings, green spaces and water. All forms of biological life are integrated into this architecture.
Circular economy: German study analyzes the life cycle of electrophysiology catheters
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany have carried out the most comprehensive life-cycle analysis to date, comparing a reprocessed device with its original or "virgin" counterpart.
Maternity at its best!
Modern? Certainly. The La Rochelle maternity hospital is experimenting with the use of single-use glass mini-bottles to avoid plastic nipples, and better suited to the low content of the 50 ml needed.
Take a waste
Take a waste enables healthcare and medico-social establishments to outsource their waste management, while complying with legislation and saving money.
International French-speaking symposium "Climate & Health" organized by C2DS partner SSE
From May 17 to 21, 2021, live and virtual, by Synergie Santé Environnement (Quebec).
Clinique de l'Anjou: when employees embrace the environmental approach
Since its creation, Clinique de l'Anjou has been committed to an active policy of sustainable development, and has become an expert in environmental management.
You will soon be audited by the HAS according to the new certification manual...
The committee has created a "CSR QAR" business line within the network.
C2DS launches the Hospital Climate Convention. Hospitals take action for the planet!
At the end of 2020, 13 groups of healthcare professionals from the C2DS network explored 13 points of entry or action levers needed to "decarbonize" the hospital. The results will be presented in April.
C2DS, your golden partner. THQSE label score in detail
In applying for the THQSE quality label, C2DS carried out a compliance assessment with SOCOTEC auditors. The aim was to review the company's economic, social, environmental and societal standards.
Building your company's corporate social responsibility strategy
In practical terms, the training enables establishments not only to understand the challenges of social responsibility, but also to apply them. And why not start with the new HAS certification criteria?
A complicated context, a simplified Ecologic solution
An opportunity not to be missed: until March 31, C2DS partner Ecologic is lowering the free collection threshold to 250 kg. For more information, visit https://www.e-dechet.com/.
One Health, interview with Bernard Toma, Honorary Professor of Contagious Diseases at the Alfort Veterinary School.
"In the field of infectious pathology and pandemics, the future will unquestionably be animal-based. The next pandemic could be in three days, three months, thirty years, we don't know, but it will be of animal origin and certainly of wild origin."
Disability: CAHPP solutions
CAHPP has launched a catalog, now online, dedicated to the management of disabilities in health and medico-social establishments.
In addition, CAHPP has created the "Trophées CAHPP' Autonomie", a call for projects to promote the inclusion of patients and residents with disabilities or dependency needs, and in December awarded prizes to ten initiatives in favor of their autonomy.
Subsidies to preserve water resources
Water agencies offer financial assistance of up to 80% of the total cost of a project to help reduce the presence of micropollutants, such as drug residues or chemicals, in effluent.
Primum Non Nocere wins CSR Challenge Trophy in the healthcare field
As a C2DS partner, the agency was rewarded for its CSR approach and best practices in terms of the environment, inclusion, innovation and societal impact. The award was presented under the patronage of the French Ministries of Economy and Finance and Ecological Transition.
It's possible to give birth in water at the Clinique de Vitrolles maternity hospital (13)
The atmosphere is serene, with Mom sitting in a large tub of warm water, and Dad at her side. A midwife is on hand to assist the parents-to-be, but can also be temporarily absent to respect the couple's privacy.
May 27, 2021 Managing sustainable development on a daily basis in your healthcare facility
May 27, 2021
Managing sustainable development on a day-to-day basis in your healthcare facility
March 23, 2021 Build your company's corporate social responsibility strategy*.
March 23, 2021
Build your company's corporate social responsibility strategy
Environmental health: 61 parliamentary proposals for progress
The report of the commission of inquiry into the evaluation of public environmental health policies at the French National Assembly, chaired by Mrs Toutut Picard, has been published. Of the 61 proposals put forward by the President, 11 concern healthcare establishments.