Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 - Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

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2. Our Trust Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 51 Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 Sustainability Report The Trust is committed to becoming a low carbon sustainable organisation. The regulatory and legislative requirements for the NHS to reduce carbon emissions and to adapt to climate change are taken seriously by the Trust. The Government is clear that carbon reduction needs to be systematically implemented and more transparently reported. The Department of Health has produced a framework for the NHS for reporting sustainability as part of the annual NHS financial reporting process. Sustainability information from waste production to energy consumption is also gathered and reported through the mandatory Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC). The Trust has a Sustainability Committee which meets periodically and sets the overall agenda for the Trust’s sustainability strategy. The Trust also has a Sustainability Steering Group, the objectives of which are to promote the Trust’s sustainable development framework within which carbon emissions will be reduced. This group meets on a monthly basis and reports to the Sustainability Committee. In 2010, an action plan covering key sustainability areas of the Trust’s business was set out. The Trust’s carbon reduction strategy sets out proposals for sustainable development to bring about measurable improvements aimed at ensuring its economic, social and environmental sustainability. The Trust has consulted with its Members on sustainability and its social responsibilities. The Board of Directors approved the Carbon Reduction Strategy at the September 2009 Board meeting and have continued to receive updates on progress. Carbon Emissions The Trust aims to meet the NHS target of reducing its 2007 baseline carbon emissions, released through building energy consumption, by 10%, before 2015. In 2010 the NHS Sustainable Development Unit published an update supplement to the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy highlighting that in 2007 the carbon footprint for NHS England was 21 million tonnes. This is broken down by proportion in the three primary sectors of travel (17%), building energy (24%) and procurement (59%). In April 2011, the Trust had its carbon emissions independently verified to the recognised EU standard and may now use the CICS (Complete Integrated Certification Services) Carbon Verified Assurance Mark. The RD&E now joins only 37 Trusts in England, including five other Trusts in the South and West, which have received the Assurance Mark. It is important to note that previous Annual Reports may contain different information regarding carbon emissions; this is because the Trust has previously used different emissions factors for calculating carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e). This year the Trust is using the methodology required by the NHS Sustainable Development Unit. The Trust closely monitors its production of greenhouse gases from the sources described below. The Trust complies with the following legal instruments designed to improve energy and carbon efficiency: • Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) • European Union Emissions Trading Scheme* (EUETS) • Climate Change Levy (CCL). *This year the Trust has 'opted out' of the EUETS scheme. This does not mean that it has absolved itself of responsibilities. The Trust is now part of the 'UK Small Emitters and Hospitals Opt Out Scheme'. Reporting energy usage and a financial cost to carbon still apply, but the scheme is simplified to make it less burdensome than the full EUETS. The responsibilities required under legal obligations include: • Senior management accountability • Monitoring and reporting energy usage • Paying for energy use and carbon emissions.
52 2. Our Trust Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 For the year 2012-13 the Trust paid the following in levies designed to incentivise low carbon energy usage: Scheme £ CRC 80,000 CCL 135,120 EUETS 0 The Trust has managed to keep its EUETS emissions within the target range, so has avoided having to purchase extra allowances. Cost of CRC carbon will rise from £12 to £16 per tonne in 2013/14. Based on 2011/12 energy usage this means a cost increase of £24,384. The Trust’s building energy carbon footprint in 2007 was 19,145 tonnes (April 2007 to March 2008). This is now regarded as the 2007 baseline year for the Carbon Reduction Strategy and the Trust’s target is therefore to reduce its emissions by 10% to approximately 17,231 tonnes by 2015. The emissions rose to 20,240 tonnes in 2008/09 due to increase in the Trust’s activity and building size following the opening of the new Centre for Women’s Health at Wonford Hospital in July 2007. However, in 2009/10 there was a reduction in the Trust’s building energy carbon emissions to 18,609 tonnes. Although this was partly due to weather conditions the Trust was also able to gain more effective use of its CHP (combined heat and power) installation, generating electricity on-site and producing heat to create steam for the laundry. The figures for 2012/13 show that the building energy carbon footprint is 20,830 tonnes (see Tables 1 and 2 below). This is an increase on previous years. This increase is mainly due to an increase in patient activity and the CHP plant being under renovation. The increase in energy usage has been somewhat muted due to a warmer than normal winter and a cooler than normal summer, reducing demand on boilers and air conditioning respectively. There is an ongoing programme to reduce the Trust’s carbon footprint. The Trust also complies with the BRE Environmental Assessment Methods, and all major building projects consider implications for the Trust’s carbon footprint. In 2012 the Estates department employed a full-time Energy and Sustainability Manager to reduce the amount of energy being used. Projects currently underway include a funding bid for £1.1m of Government grant to reduce the hospital's annual utilities bill by circa £350,000 and to reduce emissions of CO2e by 1636t.
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