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NHS Carbon Reduction Plans

From April 2024, whether you need a complete Carbon Reduction Plan or a standalone Net Zero Commitment depends on the value of your provision to the NHS.

If you offer goods, services, or materials in excess of £5 million per annum, you need a full Carbon Reduction Plan. The layout is consistent across government and local authority settings, not only the NHS: PPN 06/21. You need to calculate your carbon footprint, use the correct format, establish targets and then forecast your future footprint going forward.

You can submit a Carbon Reduction Plan if your NHS work is between £10 thousand and £5 million per annum. While it is not compulsory, it is your duty to make a Net Zero Commitment. A Net Zero Commitment is a public commitment to achieve net zero by 2050 or earlier, and confirms you are reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions over time.

We can help with any of your NHS carbon requirements, including the Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessment. So if you have any questions, please contact us for helpful advice and support.

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Blue Marble will review your tender or bid requirements and fully explain the ask.
We will go through the process of understanding your business and classify it according to the requirements of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to allow an assessment of the carbon emissions as per the NHS Carbon Reduction Plan requirements.
We will guide you through the process to gather data which we will use to produce your carbon footprint.
We calculate emissions and provide a full GHG report, to support your Carbon Reduction Plan.
We will calculate the relative reductions you need to meet your emissions aspirations, or otherwise the statutory requirements.
You receive a Carbon Reduction Plan following the technical standards, to support your tender requirements.

If the service or goods offered to the NHS are less than £5 million, is a Carbon Reduction Plan required?: While the NHS do not specify that you need to produce a Carbon Reduction Plan for contracts below £5 million, their tenders and contract conditions lack standardisation, so it is possible that they still ask you for a Carbon Reduction Plan.
Is the Carbon Reduction Plan the same as the Evergreen Supplier Assessment?: You will need to produce a Greenhouse Gas Inventory in both cases. However the supplier assessment considers other elements of sustainability such as social responsibility.
How often does a Carbon Reduction Plan need updating?: You must update the Carbon Reduction Plan annually and include information from a Greenhouse Gas assessment. It should accurately report the emissions from the previous year and compare it with the data from the first year.

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We understand the pressure of completing bid submissions and providing information outside your normal scope of operations. We streamline the process to get the information you need, to enable you to be successful in that tender.
We provide you with a specific point of contact whose role it is to explain what is being asked, the process that is required and then complete it in partnership with you.
Using software and calculators we can derive your reduction trajectory based on your aspirations, beyond what is required by statute we will guide you to an achievable aim.

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