Insights/Scope 3

Why 70% of a hospital's footprint hides in its purchase orders

Scope 3 in healthcare, what data you already have, and the first three things to measure.

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If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet. It accounts for about 4.4% of global net emissions, and between 62% and 71% of those emissions come from procurement and supply chains rather than from the buildings themselves.2

If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet. It accounts for about 4.4% of global net emissions, and between 62% and 71% of those emissions come from procurement and supply chains rather than from the buildings themselves.

If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet. It accounts for about 4.4% of global net emissions, and between 62% and 71% of those emissions come from procurement and supply chains rather than from the buildings themselves.

[Subheading: what data you already have]

If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet. It accounts for about 4.4% of global net emissions, and between 62% and 71% of those emissions come from procurement and supply chains rather than from the buildings themselves.1

If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet. It accounts for about 4.4% of global net emissions, and between 62% and 71% of those emissions come from procurement and supply chains rather than from the buildings themselves.

If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet.

[Subheading: the first three things to measure]

If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet. It accounts for about 4.4% of global net emissions, and between 62% and 71% of those emissions come from procurement and supply chains rather than from the buildings themselves.

If the global health sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter on the planet. It accounts for about 4.4% of global net emissions, and between 62% and 71% of those emissions come from procurement and supply chains rather than from the buildings themselves.

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