In 2023, we created our Practice Sustainability Policy, which includes a Carbon Reduction Plan.
Glumangate Dental Practice is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 for emissions scopes 1, 2 and 3. The commitment was made on 1/9/2023 by the Dr Rami Khatib and supported by the whole team at Glumangate Dental Practice.
The Sustainability Policy has been created from information from the British Dental Association in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's "Sustainable Dentistry: How to Guide for Dental Practices" document.
‘The UK Climate Change Act 2008 impacts on the whole of the UK, despite the environment being a devolved responsibility for the four countries in the UK. It set out a challenge to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.
Dentistry is facing many challenges to help tackle the problem, particularly around decontamination, waste disposal and the use of single-use plastics. NHS dental services emissions make up 3% of the overall carbon footprint of the NHS.
The NHS has announced its vision to enable a Net Zero NHS by 2040, and an ambition to reach an 80% reduction of emissions directly under NHS control by 2028 to 2032. Many private practitioners have expressed an interest in reduction of emissions.
As a member of the World Dental Federation (FDI), whose statement on sustainability is a call to action for all dental associations, we’re taking the lead on sustainability on behalf of our members in private, NHS and mixed practice’
BDA