"Transport is a major issue in the management of existing waste," introduces Cédric Alliès, sustainable development consultant at Primum non nocere®.
Waste: reduce, reuse, recycle and compost waste
Waste: reduce, reuse, recycle and compost waste Nationally, in 2017, waste treatment, by landfill or incineration, as well as water treatment ...
Freight transport: when freight goes on a carbon diet
Inbound freight contributes an average of 4% of a healthcare facility's GHG emissions.
Patient transport: healthcare mobility reinvents itself
"In 2011, when we started our business, we had just under 9% of simultaneous transports, and today, in 2019, we're at almost 62%."
Business transport: a different way to get around
"40% of daily journeys are less than 3 km," notes the French Ministry for the Environment. It goes on to say that "an employee who carpools every day over 30 km, alternating with a colleague, saves almost €2,000/year".
Eco-construction: for "energy-averse" buildings
"The useful life of buildings is tending to shorten as a result of increasingly rapid changes in operating methods," explains Xavier Delannoy, CFO of Clinique St. Roch in Cambrai.
Catering: on a carbon diet!
With 19% of the national total, agriculture is the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in France. With a better understanding of production methods, the cook/manager will be able to make choices that will have an impact on the market and consequently on farmers' choices.
Energy: renewable energy in hospitals
According to the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), energy consumption can account for up to 7% of a healthcare establishment's expenditure, excluding payroll.
Digital: reducing your carbon footprint
The manufacture of digital terminals accounts for 70% of the total carbon footprint of the French digital sector.
Subcontracting and service provision: involving stakeholders
"The main objective in decarbonizing subcontracting and service provision is to involve stakeholders in reducing their own carbon footprint and, in turn, the contracts concluded by health and medico-social establishments".
Purchase: "Think global, act local
The health and medical-social sector is a major purchaser, with spending on hospital equipment alone amounting to 18 billion euros "equivalent to the annual amount spent by the French government, excluding armaments".
Eco-design of care products: to block CO2
Eco-design involves taking environmental issues into account at every stage in the life cycle of a product or service: design, manufacture, distribution, use and treatment as waste.
Anaesthetic gases: invisible, odourless but polluting
The gases used to anesthetize patients are invisible and often odorless, but they generate very real pollution.
Obligations to reduce end-use energy consumption in tertiary buildings (offices, logistics, etc.)
Legal watch no. 296 (2021). This decree concerns the legal entity, coming into force in January 2021.
Foodstuffs that are excluded from the donation*.
Fiche de veille juridique n° 295 (2021). This decree concerns Foodservice operators, coming into force in January 2021.
Single-use* plastic products
Legal watch no. 294 (2020). This decree concerns natural or legal persons supplying, using, distributing or making available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, for the needs of their economic activity, certain single-use plastic products. It will come into force in January and July 2021.
Building and gardening waste
Legal watch no. 293 (2020). This decree concerns the legal entity, and comes into force in July 2021.
Finance Act 2021*
Legal watch no. 292 (2020). This law concerns legal entities, among others.
ERP and separate waste collection
Legal watch no. 291 (2020). This decree concerns ERP, coming into force in January 2021.
Pre-equipping new buildings with electric vehicle charging systems (Irve)*.
Fiche de veille juridique n° 290 (2020). This decree and order concern, among others, owners, public contracting authorities and private contracting authorities, and will come into force in March 2021.