On Thursday 11th June, along with colleagues from BSI, Loughborough University, AMDR, NHS England, Brighton University and many others, we were invited by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to provide evidence at an expert witness session in the House of Lords on sustainable healthcare. It’s a big and complex subject, and the session provided valuable insights for the government to be used in informing policy in this area.
To be effective in implementing sustainability and circularity, all the available levers need to be pulled. Both top-down and bottom-up approaches need to converge to bring about meaningful change, and Kestrel was privileged to be involved in the process. We contributed by highlighting some of the practical mechanisms that companies have already successfully used in implementing circularity, and how these were developed. “Blended code” is an important phrase we will become more familiar with in the days ahead, and the importance of communication and building consensus cannot be overstated.
Of course, while there, we also took the opportunity to have a look around. This earned us a firm ticking off, a finger wagging and a polite but emphatic suggestion that we leave the premises. My dad would have been proud.