Supply Chain
Sustainability Initiatives
for Health Care
Presented by:
Nick Pairaudeau, Energy Coach, Toronto Central LHIN and
Francisca Quinn, Sustainability Practice Leader, Loop Initiatives
May 17, 2010
Loop Initiatives Inc. – a carbon neutral company
210 Gladstone Ave. Suite 3001  Ottawa, ON K2P 0Y6  t. 613.237.1480
2300 Yonge St. Suite 2300  Toronto, ON M4P 1E4  t. 416.640.7760
e. info@loopinitiatives.com w. loopinitiatives.com
Nick Pairaudeau
• Energy Coach for the Toronto Central Local Health
Integrated Network
• Improving Energy Efficiency-TC LHIN
– 30 million sq ft of real-estate space
– 80 -100 million spent on energy per year
– Hospitals, Long-Term Care facilities, CHC, CCAC
• Developing the HSCN Green Supply Chain
Committee
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Francisca Quinn
• Sustainability Practice Leader at Loop Initiatives –
affiliated with Halsall Associates
• 12 years+ experience in organizational change and
sustainability – 4 years with U.K.’s Carbon Trust
– Integrating sustainability initiatives into day-to-day
operations
– Engaging senior management and line employees
– Building greener service delivery
• Greening the supply chain - green procurement,
supplier sustainability assessments, product carbon
footprinting, etc.
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Agenda
• Sustainability in Supply Chain
• Industry Initiatives and
Disclosure
• Health Care Opportunities and
Initiatives
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Sustainability in
Supply Chain
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What is Sustainability?
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• Capacity to endure
• Living and working in ways that meet and
integrate existing environmental, economic and
social needs without compromising the wellbeing of future generations
• New corporate paradigm – complement
traditional growth and profit-maximization
model
• Supply chain – focusing on resource efficiency
and fair treatment of labour and ecology
Supply Chain
Facility
Value Chain
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Supply Chain
Facility
Value Chain
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End Use
Supply Chain
Supply Chain
Facility
Value Chain
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End Use
Supply Chain
Supply Chain
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Raw Materials
Packaging
Manufacturing
Distribution
Warehousing
And much more
Why engage the Supply Chain?
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Create Leadership
Raise Awareness
Capture Efficiencies
Marks &
Spencer/Tesco
Tiffany & Co
Walmart
Industry Initiatives
and Disclosure
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Sustainable Supply Chain Initiatives
and Disclosure
Walmart
Packaging
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Sustainability Disclosure
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiatives
Walmart Packaging Scorecard
Packaging
Benefits
• Reduce GHGs from materials,
energy and transportation
• Substitute materials with more
sustainable options
Choices
• Decrease chemical use
Goal: Reduce Packaging in Supply Chain by 5% by 2013
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Sustainable Supply Disclosure
Walmart Sustainability Index
Sustainability Disclosure
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Benefits
• Know where suppliers are at
• Provide data for analysis
• Help customers make better
choices
Sustainable Supply Chain Disclosure
Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Program
CDP Supply Chain Program
Objectives
• Determine how companies are
driving supply chain with
suppliers
• Determine how suppliers are
currently performing
• Identify how both can work to
drive improvements
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Sustainable Supply Chain Initiatives
Produce Carbon Life Cycle Assessment
Raw materials
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Manufacture
Distribution
Use
Disposal
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiatives
Envirowise Supply Chain Partnership
Benefits
• Independent, impartial forum
• Provides suppliers with
knowledge to take action
• Equips host and supplier to
work together
• Continuous support
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Health Care
Opportunities and
Initiatives
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What Makes Up The Health Care
Supply Chain?
Note: Procured services are excluded.
20 Source: “Ideas and Opportunities for Bending the Health Care Cost Curve: Advice for the Government of
Ontario”, The Ontario Hospital Association, April 2010.
Steps to Incorporate Sustainability
into the Supply Chain
Collect Data
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Raw materials
Manufacturing
Packaging
Transportation
Waste
Analyse Data
& Compare
• Identify
opportunities
• Identify
inefficiencies
Research
Options for
Improvements
• Technologies for
energy, water
and waste
savings
• Fuel efficient
fleets
• Non toxic
chemicals and
ingredients
Work with
Suppliers to
Implement
Improvements
• Provide knowledge
and support
• Provide necessary
training
• Set targets for
improvements
Waste and the Supply Chain
• Piloting a comprehensive waste
data collection process
– Quantity by types of waste
– Benchmark costs
– Calculate GHG
Collect Waste
Data
Introduce
Green
Procurement
Measure Costs
Reduction
and GHG
Case Study NHS
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Situation
Strategy
Results
• Reduce carbon
emissions 34% by
2020 vs. 1990
baseline
• Current emissions:
– 59% procurement
– 24% building
energy
– 17% travel
• Review procurement of
medical equipment
• Maximising procurement
efficiencies
• Estimated to save at
least £180 million per
year
Case Study NHS
Procuring for Carbon Reduction
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Current Initiatives
• ‘Green’ as part of the … RFP
process
• Green Sustainability Committee
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Discussion & Questions?
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Thank You
Nick Pairaudeau
npairaudeau@mtsinai.on.ca
416.586.4800 ext. 4174
Francisca Quinn
fquinn@loopinitiatives.com
416.644.0625
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